He traded blows with the feathered fiend, the creature's claws only managing to land light cuts, but that didn't stop him. He slapped the thing with his own claws as he searched for an opening with his jaws. Going for the neck, he pounces, the two of them tumbling about as they bite at each other.
He was grateful he had thicker fur around his neck, though nothing nearly as impressive or useful as an adult lions.
Managing to get a grip around the creatures neck he growled out in pain as that killing claw ripped into his side. Help! Heeeelp!