Redhawk Caldera now what

Eljay did not see the signed 'stop', so he was a little confused when Towhee suddenly started speaking and spoke as if they had already decided to call it off. His ears drooped, tail between his legs as he realised that he had failed Towhee and daddy both. He wanted to be good, but Eljay lacked any sort of experience, even in general sparring or wrestling with his peers. He had done this a lot as a pup but only ever with opponents bigger than him that let him win -- never with his own size, as he had had no siblings to practise with. Then as he grew up, his interest in it had waned and, well, here they were.

"Okay," he said with disappointment rigged in his voice, clearly sad that he had failed, as Towhee said that she'd find him some other time to start proper training. He watched as she left, stance still submissive and tail still tucked, then looked at daddy with sad eyes. "I'm sorry," he murmured, but as always daddy just had consoling words to offer. He nodded at daddy as he said he just needed practise and that he would be happy to help.

Then Eljay pressed his head into the nook underneath daddy's chin and murmured, "I missed you," with a soft sigh.

is it okay to assume they have been doing a bit of practise between threads / in 'downtime'? :-)