cut our teeth and make our bones right here

Remi

Welcome to the wild, no heroes and villains
Welcome to the war, we've only begun

It's strange how holding Ronin's hand had once felt like the height of tension, but scooping the other man into his arms felt fairly commonplace. Maybe it was because of the situation at hand. Or because Remi didn't care to live long enough to think about any of this properly. Regardless.

Holding Ronin tightly against him that he might continue to weave a chaotic enough path that the nuckelavee couldn't follow easily, Remi tilts his head as much as he's able to make it easier for Ronin to untether him. Once the hunter gives the all-clear, the wendigo stumbles to a stop and unceremoniously releases his partner, already in the process of shifting.

Turning, the shackles around his wrists and ankles still holding strong (Hunkerstinker saw to the mechanics of this himself), the wendigo ceases darting about like a prey animal and instead faces the flayed-rider head-on. Parting his skeletal jaws, Remi roars a sound he hopes the nuckelavee is jealous of, before lumbering in its direction.

what happens when it opens its mouth The wendigo asks, stalking vaguely to the right.

Higher and higher you chase it
It's deep in your blood, go and take it

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!