<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Lynx<br/>The Marketplace</strong></span></span><br/><br/><br/>A spout of startled and excited laughter left Lynx as he darted away as Tigria chased after him. He managed to maintain a tight hold on the fish that were flopping about in his basket. His clothes fluttered as they had before and with a show of great agility, Lynx zigzagged about the townsfolk who were leisurely crowding his path of escape. He turned a sapphire eye over his shoulder to see if the tigress was keeping up. If she hadn’t been slacking in Cougan’s training, she would have, and he enjoyed challenging her whenever he got the chance.<br/><br/>His eye glinted as he took in her bouncing chest. He didn’t see that often. When she was wrapped in her clerical robes or donning her battle armor, those breasts didn’t exist. Chuckling impishly behind a sly smile, he called, “Oh my, don’t run too hard now. They’ll bounce out of your top!”<br/><br/>“And catch me? You couldn’t catch a cold!”<br/><br/>Lynx slowed to a stop when a large cheetah stepped before his pursuer. He recognized the big cat immediately to be Cheetarik, The Juggernaut, the strongest cat in the kingdom. He didn’t doubt Tigria would recognize him—if she had done her homework. They were both secretly clerics after all but to this large warrior, he was a young boy—a kitchen lad, and Tigria possibly some woman. He smirked in amusement at the thought<em>some woman</em>.<br/><br/>Lynx watched as the soldier gifted Tigria the necklace she had been fondling earlier. So he had been watching her. His triangular ears stood erect, curving like blades with his black tufts presented. Unintentionally, he was able to eavesdrop on the commotion that was going on in the town square.<br/><br/><strong>Watch the legendary Orange Howler take on the strongest opponent in all of Cat’s Lair!</strong><br/><br/><em>Heh, right. I wonder who that could be?</em>Lynx thought. It obviously wasn’t Cheetarik since he was standing before him.<br/><br/>Bouncing before the big cat, Lynx gazed up at him with a beaming smile before he exclaimed, “Woah! It’s Cheetarik! What are you doing here? You gonna fight? That announcer in the square just said some other cat is the strongest, but we all know that you’re the strongest cat in…” He thrust his paws into the air to emphasize. “ALL of Cat’s Lair!”<br/><br/>Scampering around to Tigria’s side, he had to get back to work but he managed a slick smile. He peered over his shoulder at the soldier. “So be gentle with Tigria, eh?” He then went on his merry way.