Firefly Glen A Little Bit Alexis

He winced as she was torn from his ear with her jaws still engaged, and blood began to seep from the two clean gashes she left behind and down into the darker fur around the crown of his head. He didn't hear her hit the ground, but he was well aware that he'd smacked her down and away from him just soon enough so that she couldn't tear his ear clean off. He shook his head as though trying to rid himself of the pain, but only ended up flinging a couple droplets of blood down his withers. 

He was still tense, in case she retaliated, but she actually seemed quite pleased with herself, and there was something distinctively coyote-like to the smug grin on her face that he hadn't noticed before. He was a bit ruffled, having been attacked with sudden savagery that he'd been forced to defend himself- but he cooled down quickly enough, and uttered a somewhat dry, brittle chuckle. "I wasn't really mad," He said, slipping into a more comfortable skin as he continued. "I just like my face is all. I'd kinda like to keep it the way it is," He said, though he knew he would have to boast the two clefts in his ear now, that weren't likely to heal back together. That was fine- he'd take it. It'd probably look pretty cool once it healed up. "And you know...You don't have to pretend to be angry all the time just to seem more tough," He said. He wasn't sure how she'd take the advice, so he tacked on a compliment. "S'pretty obvious you're a badass."