Redtail Rise diamond eyes

Unaware that they’d foiled his attempt to sneak, Masquerade could only blink in surprise when Mulherin suddenly rushed them and grabbed their foreleg in his teeth. Their lip curled and they bristled, an instinctive reaction brought about by their current nerves. But the Caru checked themself quickly, fangs sheathed and fur smoothing.

Well done, they acknowledged his landed hit.

They promptly yanked their leg from his grip and leaped backward, dipping forward into a playful bow in one fluid movement. Their tail arched over their bowed back as they snarled again, teeth reappearing in faux aggression. They began to weave back and forth, testing the pup’s reflexes and whether he could land a strike on an attentive, moving target.