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Given the wide variety of unfamiliar seasonal attractions this planet hosted, Lovas wasn't expecting to participate in the same experiences twice in such short order. But when he found himself gravitating toward the aura of another Senshi- an unfamiliar one, none he knew were at the level of ability this aura possessed- something else seemed to be close on the Senshi's heels.

Something familiar.

Something he probably should've learned to stay away from.

Something he hadn't successfully learned to stay away from.

The frosty creature manifested with a milder temperament toward the green-haired boy than it had with Lovas, but a predator was a predator, and Lovas doubted it would just hang back and watch in perpetuity.

Lovas moved past the smaller boy without a word, only a quick flash of a feral, fanged smile by way of greeting as he dove to engage the frozen tundra beast. He had seen it emerge once before (and had admittedly found it to be more than he could handle alone...), and he was not one to back down from a challenge. Besides! Why would the green-haired boy seek out another aura if not to find a companion to defend himself with?

If the wolf had only been watching before, it definitely wasn't, anymore. When Lovas lunged for it, it did the same, meeting in a great mesh of teeth, claws, and vicious snarls

Lovas was not going to beaten around by the same creature twice. Although, admittedly... the Page boy who had helped him fend the wolf off the first time had not stood quite so far away, had been right up in the animal's business with him. But that was fine! Knights were supposed to be up in their enemy's business, and most Senshi were built more for distance, and he wouldn't hold it against any fragile-looking thing for maintaining necessary space.

Most Senshi. Not Lovas.

Lovas had the benefit of being nearly the same size as the wolf and the benefit of experience hunting predators that certainly looked like they should have no problem ripping him to shreds. Could rip him to shreds, if he had no caution.

And caution... Well, that wasn't one of the things he was particularly adept at- which was probably obvious, given that he was attacking a huge monster with his bare hands. A monster whose claws were longer than his, whose fangs were sharper, whose body radiated a cold so cutting that it shouldn't even be touched.

Lovas persevered. They crashed into the ground, a tangle of frigid claws and long limbs. He grabbed for a fistful of chilly fur around the wolf's mane, shoving at its head as large teeth scraped over Lovas' shoulder, drawing blood, sinking a chill into his bones that made it near-impossible to even move. But when the options are 'move' or 'die,' you find a way. As he always had. It crushed a paw over his ribs, and the air erupted out of Lovas' chest in a desperate gasp. For just a single second, he thought- well, it might actually kill him.

And then... something, Lovas wasn't sure what, pelted the side of the wolf's maw, and both Lovas and the creature looked to its source.

The creature abandoned him near immediately, its weight lifting from Lovas' chest as it turned toward the smaller Senshi. He sucked in a gulp of air as he rolled to his feet, gaze quick to sweep for the boy, and finding that he didn't have much space if he was trying to stay out of the monster's range. "Run!" Lovas barked, in case it wasn't obvious.

Ahhh... As Lovas pulled himself up through little more than force of will, broke into a run to fling himself at the creature again, he was starting to have a realization...

Not every Senshi would be explicitly helpful to have beside him in a fight. This small one might even be more of a... liability? It was nice that there was another body to take some of the wolf's attacks, but- and he could be wrong, since Lovas didn't have long to get a good look as he crashed into the monster's figure, ripping it off the smaller boy- but the other Senshi's attacks seemed to hurt himself. Perhaps even more than the wolf.

He couldn't even tell where his own injuries were. The temperature had dropped so hard that he could barely feel his own appendages. But he knew there was blood because he could see it- and the wolf didn't bleed. ...Just leaked. Seeped a frigid, slushy liquid.

It's jaws ripped over the smaller Senshi's wrist, head snapping around to gnaw at Lovas' arm where he tried to fit his meaty biceps around it in such a way that he might... choke it?

But its head was large and it was protected by so much fur. And so many teeth. And so huge. Paws scrabbling, scratching, punching at him. There weren't many weak areas. But there were a few- none Lovas wanted to approach with no protection, but they seemed to be past that point of reasoning. So he punched a fist directly down its throat, earning a warbled, strangled noise as it reared back to escape him-

Not that he was going to allow it. He lurched forward, keeping on it and keeping pressure on his arm because Lovas literally could not tell what was happening with his own body besides that he could see that the wolf didn't like choking on his fist. And there was like a nonzero chance that it would simply take his arm off, but Lovas could barely tell.

The creature was on its back, Lovas on top of it, his fist half down its throat. It writhed, bashing heavy paws into him. Made the most miserable strangled noises- the sounds of the dying often were. The other Senshi's attack pelted them, leaving heavy little nobs where they struck. Lovas was aware only passively that someone was helping fend off the wolf. There was barely any feeling left in any part of his body. Everywhere the monster touched had frozen so deeply that he was practically numb; even the blots of blood that had sprung up from his veins were frozen over on his skin.

Some sort of fog, smoke, steam- fizzled up from the wolf's body. Its thrashing lessened. Muscles twitched, and the frosty sludge that seeped from its wounds leaked freely into a freezing pool beneath them.

It faded out of existence with no more fanfare than it had emerged, once there, and now not. As it disappeared from beneath him, Lovas crumpled hard to the ground, limbs folding awkwardly beneath him. He could barely feel them through the cold- had no idea how injured he was or how grievous that bites and slashes besides to know that they must have covered him quite substantially. Even when he spoke, no mist Rose from his breath in the cold air.

"I can't... move," Lovas grumbled, face against the ground. His gaze was a little hazy as he tried to find the other Senshi, voice low, but the corners of his lips still quirked up. And even if the situation wasn't fantastic, he had said he wasn't going to lose to the stupid wold again. And he hadn't. It was vanquished.

Disappointingly with no corpse left behind to harvest, but... that was fine...