Blackfeather Woods thinking out loud

Of course Damien was quick to take the bait, to snap, to feel the desire to prove himself. The confusion on his brother's face was a little endearing to Cicero — to watch him suffer a little, in the most innocent of ways — and his smile widened, showing unusually much expression on his face.

There were many responses that he could pick, but rather than make it clearer to Damien that he was inducing play, Cicero went his most favoured way; the mysterious one. "Prove it," he said with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes and a low, playful growl rumbled in Cicero's throat while he batted the ground in front of him, taunting Damien and hoping he'd join for play or spar or whatever he preferred.