Redhawk Caldera Enjoy the silence.

Phox's attention turned toward the Sovereign when she spoke, and he swiveled his ears to listen. Funny, Phox replied with the straightest face he could muster, because I was planning on murdering you here. He was not, in fact, planning to murder Towhee, but she had set it up, so he'd been forced to knock it down. It was the way things were.

Of course, he couldn't keep the straight face for very long, and the corners of his mouth turned upward as he prepared himself for a good ol' smack upside the head. Thinking he might play offense this round, he went to playfully grab at Towhee's neck. He was no mercenary, but he wasn't completely helpless when it came to sparring.