The burst of flame caught him off guard but his speed pushed him through it with little harm but a least a few feathers were singed. Talons met and locked in place neither were leaving now. "You forget I have four legs rather than two." she bellows, obviously irritated by the fish scale remark. No matter, striking out at the palm of the closest foreleg his beak draws a fair amount of blood. "Now you have only three! Care to make it even! Hahahaha! Your scales are not as tough on your feet child!" Igneus strikes out at the other foreleg...