My back ached with the force which I had used to hit my back on the wall. Whoever had enough strength and effrontery to throw me away was one of two things; either very strong, or very stupid. The person must have a death wish and I’ll be sure to make his wish fulfilled, faster than he or she can think. I attuned my eyes to the electromagnetic spectrum, trying to see if it was any heat signature that I had registered in my vast database, which was usually my custom anytime I met a formidable opponent. I scanned the heat signature and realized that this opponent must be much stronger than I thought him to be, but it could be just a pretense. Wolves had learnt different offensive and defensive techniques over the time of their evolution, including manipulating their heat signatures to make

