“Yes, excellent!” Aolani cried, a smile forming on her great serpentine maw. Her eyes glittered in delight at the sword, which took pitiful stabs in her general direction. The girl had some fight in her after all! She righted herself after landing the blow upon Naiome, eyes trained on the sword conjured out of nothing.
“This will make things more interesting, My Lady! Now fight me!” it was a command. “You can not hurt me as you are now. Do not hold back!”
If it hadn’t been obvious to young Naiome that Aolani would not let up in her attacks, it was all too clear now. The great eastern dragoness sprang, her coiled body unleashing itself into a powerful, spiraling strike around the sword; an evasive maneuver that still allowed her to land a blow.
Or she would have, had she not intentionally missed. Her fangs snapped together a hair’s breadth away from Naiome’s cheek, close enough that her rainbow hued mane brushed against her.
She snarled low into Naiome’s ear, “You have instincts. Use them.” And then without warning she snapped her horned head sideways, aiming for a headbutt against the shy young trainee.
Aolani would gauge her skills, one way or another. She’d make sure of that.
“This will make things more interesting, My Lady! Now fight me!” it was a command. “You can not hurt me as you are now. Do not hold back!”
If it hadn’t been obvious to young Naiome that Aolani would not let up in her attacks, it was all too clear now. The great eastern dragoness sprang, her coiled body unleashing itself into a powerful, spiraling strike around the sword; an evasive maneuver that still allowed her to land a blow.
Or she would have, had she not intentionally missed. Her fangs snapped together a hair’s breadth away from Naiome’s cheek, close enough that her rainbow hued mane brushed against her.
She snarled low into Naiome’s ear, “You have instincts. Use them.” And then without warning she snapped her horned head sideways, aiming for a headbutt against the shy young trainee.
Aolani would gauge her skills, one way or another. She’d make sure of that.
