Redtail Rise the gods give

his feign lands. he tries to shutter his surprise in the aftermath — as she shoulders him away but it makes it way across his face all the same. still, he is pleased with her yelp and takes a few steps back himself as she does. her praise nutures his pride and his tail gives a pleased wag. and then comes the challenge. to swing one of his too-big for his body paws at her.

to not hold back.

bobcat blinks for a moment, hesitant not because he is confident he can hurt her ( perhaps unaware of his own strength ) but because masque is a packmate.

eager to not disappoint he readies himself before launching at her, paw rising to smack her on the muzzle as if she were a small woodland critter and he were the feline batting it around.

all i can picture is my cats when they slap each other, lmao