Raven's Watch ix tulugak

The grip of his teeth would release, yes, but the off-white wolf was not so easily distracted by grandiosity or posturing as he might have been in his younger days. The moment of peacocking would cost the boy, snapping his head forward to crash his skull against Kigipigak's. While the move would rattle his own mind as well, it would, perhaps teach him a lesson; the lesson being that taking even a moment to model and pose would be his undoing, especially if he were foolish enough to do so when the stakes were higher than they were now.

In retrospect, when he thought back to this fight later on, he would be surprised that a wolf that had earned the name Tartok had made such a move but for now, Stjornuati focused on his recovery, and another move to rush forward towards his sparring partner mouth agape once more.