Moonspear for the life i took from you, my king

She was amused at how dumb children could be. It seemed to be a common trait in each cub she had known, and at least by now Hydra recognized that they needed to be taught. In any case, when he had recognized where she had gone, he seemed less than pleased. Hydra's expression did not shift, and when his eyes locked onto their target her tail twitched idly behind her. 

There was a time that she must have been this predictable. 

When he lunged, Hydra lifted her leg from the earth so that he would miss entirely. Then, she turned to face him and attempted to, while he was busy recovering, topple him over with a gentle but firm swipe of a foreleg. She did not know when children began to retain knowledge, but with him she would find out.