Duskfire Glacier stopping time

SO SORRY FOR THE WAIT-- whenever you're around we can spree to finish this for your trades <3 D: 11 A: 20 (crit hit!)

blood painted her teeth, a flash of crimson against snow-hued fur. her breath came sharp through her nose, the taste of his flesh stirring a hunger long restrained. she did not crow in triumph—keshka was not a beast of victory songs. she was silence, swift and vicious.
his counter came fast. felt it graze her ribs—shallow, but enough to spark her focus anew.
a twist of muscle. she pivoted on her haunches, dirt scattering beneath her paws. no words, only motion. lunged low, aiming to unbalance him, a brutal strike of shoulder to shoulder meant to test the endurance behind his elegance.
you bleed well, she rasped at last, voice hoarse with effort and old dust. but do you fall well, too?