Redsand Canyon ulciscor

tierra flashed around. he saw a raw tactic in the surprising sweep of her teeth. 

they clipped the fur of his chest. he was ground to a halt. he could sense the tight, annoyed energy surrounding tierra and gleaned two things from it.

the first was that she had never been tested in such a way. the second was that she was unused to losing, and therefore perhaps more predisposed toward discouragement.

germanicus came for her again, teeth flashing for her cheek, but tierra had thus far moved very swiftly. he wanted to see how long she could maintain it.