With her paw now firmly on Jay's throat, Pale had a feeling she was going to win. With Jay no longer flailing around, she tried to move forward to pin her down more firmly, her other paw on her shoulder maybe, though Jay was bigger then her. She found that the grip was awkward and made it more difficult for her to hold onto Jay's throat so she backed off and instead focused on holding her paw where it already was.

"We can stop now," she meowed. "Submit."

But Jay didn't seem to want to do the smart thing. Even though she had her down, had her pinned, the black kitten still fought. Didn't say a word. Pale frowned. That was foolish. Anyone could tell that she had the fight in the bag by now.

As Jay tried to struggle again, Pale tried to hold on, adding a second paw to the pin. "Submit," she repeated. "I got you." She said it with no malice or boasting. It was a command - stop now, the battle was over, the battle was won.

She really did think that Jay was going to submit or at least give up the victory, so her sudden paws against her gut were surprising. She was thrown off with a yowl of surprise and flopped to the ground where she was left on her back. She was winded for a moment before she stumbled back to her feet, taking a moment, again, to shake out the dust and rocks from her fur. "Okay, fine," she grumbled. "You don't have to submit."

She sat herself down and began licking one of her paws, cleaning off the dust and getting the rocks out from between her pads. "You fight good," she stated, simply. It was a true enough compliment but otherwise she said no more of their fight as she began to groom herself.

Pale did not feel the same kind of restlessness as Jay and so when Jay turned to go and hunt, Pale simply nodded. She didn't offer to go with her, but she did open her senses, just a bit, to find Jay a place to hunt. There were heartbeats not far away and she angled her ears in the direction of the sound. "There's food over there." She did not explain how she knew this, only settled herself down, curling her paws in, and relaxing.

For a moment, her eyes watched Jay, wherever she went, but then they began to droop. How exciting for her first day. The fight had exhausted her and she was ready to go to sleep. She would hunt for herself when she woke up.

Her eyes finally closed shut and she drifted off.

*exit