// I wish I had a reason //
Also breathing hard from the exertion - just because they're fighting and he's winning doesn't mean it costs him nothing after all - Danta's stance is one that suggests he'd also very much like to keel over and call it quits. But then tigress becomes bloodied, pale Ancient, and the Maverick's jaws part to roar his outrage in her direction, as if to tell her to shift back and keep going, to tell her that they weren't done.
But they are, he realises, even as she continues to try to rise, and as the Maverick prowls slowly forward, four paws become two feet until he's left panting hard and standing over her. "I believe you," he says, his voice almost a whisper, one arm limp at his side and his hair matted with blood. "But that doesn't mean I forgive you. It's not my forgiveness you need, anyway. I take my lead from Asta with this. Fine, though. I believe you."
But they are, he realises, even as she continues to try to rise, and as the Maverick prowls slowly forward, four paws become two feet until he's left panting hard and standing over her. "I believe you," he says, his voice almost a whisper, one arm limp at his side and his hair matted with blood. "But that doesn't mean I forgive you. It's not my forgiveness you need, anyway. I take my lead from Asta with this. Fine, though. I believe you."
Dantalion
// my flaws are open season //
Horns: Diamond - they look very similar to #2 in this image.
