Cerulean Cape lullabies of the lost

After they made contact, they parted, and for an instant sized one another up once more. He matched her smirk with a challenging grin, though her next move required an agility to match that he did not hold. The sand did not help things either, dragging his already stocky frame down and making it harder to move lightly even than usual.

As such, when her rush met his shoulders, the shifting sand beneath his feet didn't allow him to hold his ground, and unused to the challenge, he fell. Not willing to quit quite yet, he attempted to turn and get a foreleg around her, in an attempt to knock her off balance as well, though his tail shifted elatedly through the sand behind him.