08-26-2015, 03:21 PM
Texas feels the scrape of her teeth along his neck and the hard pinch of his skin between them. The main damage is a bad bruise, blood welling up beneath his skin and dripping from a few smaller tears in his flesh. It is neither debilitating nor excessively painful, but it does cause him to keep his head turned more to the left as the battle continues, unwilling to pull the skin taut and irritate the slow-forming bruise. It’s why he circles to his left, keeping the tender injury away from Astri.
She hadn’t followed him (perhaps discouraged by his buck, or perhaps already battle-wise), which leaves Texas facing her when it is her turn to attack. Astri comes straight toward him, head lowered as if she’s going to ram him, and Texas has no intention of standing in her way. He leaps forward and just enough to the left that his right shoulder will probably brush against hers. He’s not fast enough to get away entirely - especially not from the rear that her ram had turned into. Despite her left hoof leading the attack, Texas’ change in position makes both hooves land at the same time, striking his right flank and upper thigh.
They are not minor blows my any means, but there is enough adrenaline in the stallion’s veins to soften the immediate pain, and as soon as his front hoof touch the dirt from his leap out of the way, Texas returns a strike of his own. He bucks, twisting his hind legs to the right, where Astri is probably either coming down from her rear or has only just landed. With any luck he’ll catch her on the left shoulder with both hooves, a close blow with heavy weight behind it. If she’s already trotting away the kick could land further down her body, landing along her ribcage or abdomen, and possibly even her flank if she is exceptionally quick.
Texas turns to his left to follow her as she trots away, knowing that she’ll have a good lead on him and cantering to make up for it. His pace is uneven as he favors his injured right hind end, but he is still moving quickly to catch Astri provided she has neither sped up nor turned. The bay stallion comes up on her left side because it is the same side he had attacked before, and when they are neck and neck he lifts up both forelegs rather than place them in stride and throws himself sideways into Astri. He means to knock her off balance, to shove the point of his shoulder into her side hard enough to bruise. Texas keeps his head high, not using his teeth as weapons in a third attack like he longs too. Even if his right hind leg cannot hold his weight (it will, of course, but just in case) he will only lose his balance and fall toward Astri, adding even more weight to his shove.
She hadn’t followed him (perhaps discouraged by his buck, or perhaps already battle-wise), which leaves Texas facing her when it is her turn to attack. Astri comes straight toward him, head lowered as if she’s going to ram him, and Texas has no intention of standing in her way. He leaps forward and just enough to the left that his right shoulder will probably brush against hers. He’s not fast enough to get away entirely - especially not from the rear that her ram had turned into. Despite her left hoof leading the attack, Texas’ change in position makes both hooves land at the same time, striking his right flank and upper thigh.
They are not minor blows my any means, but there is enough adrenaline in the stallion’s veins to soften the immediate pain, and as soon as his front hoof touch the dirt from his leap out of the way, Texas returns a strike of his own. He bucks, twisting his hind legs to the right, where Astri is probably either coming down from her rear or has only just landed. With any luck he’ll catch her on the left shoulder with both hooves, a close blow with heavy weight behind it. If she’s already trotting away the kick could land further down her body, landing along her ribcage or abdomen, and possibly even her flank if she is exceptionally quick.
Texas turns to his left to follow her as she trots away, knowing that she’ll have a good lead on him and cantering to make up for it. His pace is uneven as he favors his injured right hind end, but he is still moving quickly to catch Astri provided she has neither sped up nor turned. The bay stallion comes up on her left side because it is the same side he had attacked before, and when they are neck and neck he lifts up both forelegs rather than place them in stride and throws himself sideways into Astri. He means to knock her off balance, to shove the point of his shoulder into her side hard enough to bruise. Texas keeps his head high, not using his teeth as weapons in a third attack like he longs too. Even if his right hind leg cannot hold his weight (it will, of course, but just in case) he will only lose his balance and fall toward Astri, adding even more weight to his shove.
T E X A S
immortal silver bay hybrid stallion
king of the falls