Moonspear World is our playground

His question caught her off guard, despite his smile and laugh. "Um, not necessarily. I just like to do it to practice," Wildfire said with a few slow blinks. She had never met someone quite like him and she couldn't think of a word to describe his character. The closest one she could think of was confident and it didn't feel quite right; he was a bit more than that...

When Nishu tossed out a few more underhanded comments, she realized he was patronizing her. "I'm done growing. I'll be an adult in just a few weeks," she informed him. "Size is important but it's not everything," she added. "And that's what I'm saying: practice is important. Whether or not I win, I learn." She almost mentioned all of her spars with the much larger Nightjar, but of course the mere thought of her brother put a lump in her throat, so she wouldn't go there.

She found her desire to engage with him waning, partially because of her current emotional state and also because she wasn't quite sure what to do with his pompousness. It was pretty clear he looked down on her. She had never come up against this sort of thing, so Wildfire didn't know how to feel or what to say. She might have been small, not to mention the lowest-ranking member of the pack, but she could still fight. And she wanted to learn and improve. But perhaps she would seek tutelage from someone other than Nishu here.