Heron Lake Plateau The still, cold world.

Her (admittedly clever) retort cause Phox to look confused, annoyed, and angry all at the same time. It only lasted a second or two before she apologized and promptly excused herself, leaving Towhee to put in an insulting word. She then proceeded to smush his face into the snow, which he hadn't been expecting even one bit. Were they all out to pester him today?! Slipping out from under her grip, he shook as much of the snow off of him as he could.

Phox paused only a second before going in for a full tackle. He wasn't much of a fighter, even at this age, but he knew how to wrestle when he needed to. Besides, maybe this would be a good way to blow off some steam.