Collide

A word of understanding bent her ear forward with some hope for the end of the discussion, however the explanation to follow portrayed to prospective warrior's stubborn nature. She would have her rest, it would seem, but not without first learning how to keep herself able while injured. A true warrior's mentality if ever she were to see it.

Xi'nuata exhaled soundly through nostrils flared wide, then turned from the honey female to observe the grounds around them. Quiet, yet lively with but a subtle disturbance by the fall of the occasional leaf. She did not assume they here wholly alone in the woods, but she did not favor letting her eye wander to meet the single crimson jewel amidst the shadows. He could watch silently, for all she cared.

She gave no verbal sign of her agreement, only a swift turn and soundless lunge toward the awaiting female's ankles. Her jaws did not part, but they were soon to come. What she needed to witness now was how far her determination went when suddenly stricken by the pain of her own doing.