08-27-2015, 05:04 PM
Astri feels … invigorated. As if something new has sprung to life within her. When she senses the force of the connection from her second attack against the bay’s flank, her mind is focused on one intent purpose: combat. Of course, it comes with consequence when the stallion lashes out with his hind legs. Though she’s already mid-trot, the blow lands squarely against her shorter ribs and resonates through her body, causing the mare’s hind end to shift from the impact. With a grunt she feels the wash of pain along her left side, and her balance inhibited by the attack.
Her ears fall backwards after her escape, and she can hear the uneven three-beat gait of the stallion as he rushes to catch up to her. Her two-beat lateral trot is useless now from her injuries, so he indeed does make it to her side fairly quickly. However, the green girl has the advantage of seeing him coming up to her left, so she preps herself for the inevitable, throwing a weak, but necessary, kick from her left hind in his direction. Texas is surprisingly fast, but she’s well aware of his close-contact strategy now, so when her opponent rises on his forelegs to ram her sideways, she smiles.
Her right hind digs into the earth with her left, more inhibited, leg as a stabilizer. She lowers her rear end, braking and bracing herself for impact. Rather than try to avoid the ram, she curves her body to his, feeling the connection of his right shoulder to her left one. Her front legs loosen their hold on the earth and she slides to the right with the attack, but Texas has flung his head to sky and Astri sees her opening. With her mouth split wide she snakes forward at his exposed jugular, their almost matched height giving her an excellent shot. She doesn’t know if it’ll be enough, but she does know that this final hurrah will possibly leave the bay thinking twice about rushing the mantis-colored mare again.
Her ears fall backwards after her escape, and she can hear the uneven three-beat gait of the stallion as he rushes to catch up to her. Her two-beat lateral trot is useless now from her injuries, so he indeed does make it to her side fairly quickly. However, the green girl has the advantage of seeing him coming up to her left, so she preps herself for the inevitable, throwing a weak, but necessary, kick from her left hind in his direction. Texas is surprisingly fast, but she’s well aware of his close-contact strategy now, so when her opponent rises on his forelegs to ram her sideways, she smiles.
Her right hind digs into the earth with her left, more inhibited, leg as a stabilizer. She lowers her rear end, braking and bracing herself for impact. Rather than try to avoid the ram, she curves her body to his, feeling the connection of his right shoulder to her left one. Her front legs loosen their hold on the earth and she slides to the right with the attack, but Texas has flung his head to sky and Astri sees her opening. With her mouth split wide she snakes forward at his exposed jugular, their almost matched height giving her an excellent shot. She doesn’t know if it’ll be enough, but she does know that this final hurrah will possibly leave the bay thinking twice about rushing the mantis-colored mare again.