Sleepless I dream of the day [m]

Straining, finally Dante's ear came free, leaving behind a large portion in the process. Warm blood immediately began to flow freely down the side of his head. Luckily it was far enough back that it did not impede his vision.

The pain was overcome by adrenaline, but later would be excruciating. Charon managed to keep his feet and Dante only managed to get a glancing blow at his flank as he sidled away. Pulling away, he managed to avoid Charon's snap, recent spars and training paying off. He'd specifically focused on bettering his agility these past few months since his spar with Koda. He still had improvements to make, but it was better than it had been.

Insistently, he did not remain back long. First he feinted left, hoping Charon would come to meet him defensively. If so, he would quickly switch right and make a bid for his foreleg, ideally ducking the brunt of retaliation. Charon's defense made him now choose a bit more strategy. Before savagely he had simply confronted head on. Now he had some measure of his opponent and that more caution was necessary.