Phoenix Maplewood I will hide myself below

While he wasn't expecting much from a feline raised by humans, Ignis couldn't help but raise an eyebrow from the answer given. How sheltered did you have to be to learn the basics at such a late age? As if Azon's opinion of the two-legged flesh bags wasn't already low enough...

"Your humans did a shitty job at raising you then," maybe that part was a little too blunt since he didn't know how the tom thought of his owners, but he still kept going "Still, it's a good thing you managed to pick yourself up and learn the basics. But that doesn't mean I'm entirely convinced, y'know?"

One would say Ignis' next question was an outlandish one, but the phoenix couldn't help to see the opportunity and grab it by the hair. He backed a little further from the tree to get a better look at them, and with a grin, he spoke his mind. "How's about you take a few rounds at me and show me what you've figured out?" yup, Ignis was asking a mountain lion to spar with him. He of course hoped that, if Benry did agree, that it didn't go any further than a lousy throw of paws. Because Ben had the potential to kill Ignis if things went south....