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Yes! she chirped when he pinpointed the word. Alright, Treepie added when he advised her to stumble but not fall.

As she braced herself, she couldn’t help but look at Hakumele in a new light. He was scarred, which probably meant he’d been in many fights. He was still recovering, though Pie didn’t doubt for an instant that he could still overpower her.

The young woman stiffened her legs, took a couple deep breaths and joshed, Come at me, bro.

One broad paw lifted and flicked toward her shoulder in the blink of an eye. She grunted as it made impact, the force behind it shoving her a few inches. Without even thinking about it, Pie lowered her haunches slightly to avoid being toppled. One foreleg kicked out to help with her balance, incidentally brushing his.

But she’d done it: she’d stumbled without fallling.