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The child had not broken skin and had released him when he gave his leg a slight shake. He stared at her in a thoughtful manner for a few moments; her posture had been sublime, and her tactic of taking her opponent off guard by going for the same spot she had missed previously was not a bad one. Ragnar came to the conclusion that either someone had taught her well or she was a natural at being a warrior. Perhaps, he reasoned, it was a bit of both. "That was a wise tactic young Shield-Maiden," He praised though he had almost said ‘little shield maiden’ but had caught himself at the last moment and substituted young. It wasn’t that Junior was little, per say, she was if he had to guess about half the size of a small adult but she was little to him, in the sense that he was bigger than her but mostly because she was still obviously a child. "Going for the same spot you missed again." Ragnar added as if it had just occurred to him to clarify. A chuckle rumbled deep in Ragnar’s chest before it spilled freely from his lips when his young ward/shield maiden in training mistook ‘feints’ for ‘faints’ and pretended to pass out at his paws, even exaggerating with her eyes rolling back and his tongue lulling further out of her mouth. "No child," His shoulders shook with his mirth as it danced in his eyes as he watched her bounce back up to her paws. "The feint I am speaking about is a common battle practice," He drew in a deep breath taking a few steps back from her with the intent of demonstrating as he informed her of it. "A feint is a tactic used to take your opponent off guard. You remember what I said about watching movements? You opponent might be watching your movements as well. In the case you begin to go in one direction and then switch quickly and go opposite of what he or she thinks you will attack them leaving them exposed for a real attack. I will show you," He lunged at her left creating the illusion that he was going for the side before he shifted and went for her right stopping himself when his muzzle was near her neck. The Jarl took a few steps back then studying her face for her reaction. "You can be more creative with it if you want but that is essentially how a feint works," He spoke with a lofty shrug of his shoulders. "Would you like to give it a try?" In the case that she did want to try it for himself, he assumed a defensive position.