Perhaps it was just a coincidence, that just a day or two ago, Aurum had been holding a similar event within Tanglewood. Either that, or those within both groups were beginning to feel that itch beneath their pelts. That itch that told them that peace couldn't last forever, and that a threat was rapidly approaching. The angel desperately hoped that it wasn't that, since he wasn't overly keen on yet another war, especially so soon. Some might've thought it had been so long since the island-wide war with the Pitt had come to an end, but to Aurum, no amount of time was too long before battle broke out once again. However, he, like Hebi, knew that there was no way that peace and prosperity would last forever among the groups. After all, with four major powers trying to keep themselves afloat, it would only be so long before things went sour once again. He could only hope that it wouldn't be among allies, since he wasn't keen on cutting himself off from his Elysite or Typhooner friends.

Hebi's call made it clear that his training was not a mandatory event, and Aurum considered sitting it out by virtue of the event he had held in Tanglewood. However, he decided against it, mainly because he saw it as a valuable learning opportunity. After all, he could only learn so much more from himself. He already knew all of the techniques that he had shown his fellow Tanglers, and perhaps Hebi knew of strategies that the lion couldn't even dream of. With this in mind, it wasn't long before he came padding over, his heavy footsteps firm against the slightly cold and sandy earth as he came up beside Marr. He left a decent amount of distance between them, having noticed how Marr had a tendency to try and get away from him anyways. He still had little idea of what he had done to be shunned in the other male's book, but he wasn't about to bring it up here, and now. Instead he just shifted a wing in greeting to the other, before he rumbled towards Hebi, "I'll participate, I suppose. Never hurts to learn new things." Hopefully he would actually learn some new things, since the last thing he wanted was to disrespect Hebi by growing bored during the lesson.

Teamwork. In most cases, that wouldn't have been an issue for Aurum, as he had been taught well to work with others. He knew that there were certain opponents one simply couldn't take down on their own, and fighting them required coordination, and strategies. In most cases, the lion would've been happy to coordinate and work with his partner, but when it was Marr? That presented an issue. For some reason, the other male seemed to have an irrational dislike for Aurum, and while the angel had little idea of why, it was extremely difficult not to notice. Still, the golden feline wasn't about to be the one who brought everything to a crashing halt, so it wasn't long before he rolled his shoulders, ready to charge. He turned his head towards Marr, one eye gleaming as he rumbled a gentle command, although it wasn't necessarily an order, "You stay here on the ground, obviously. Flank him from below, and be ready to pounce once he's down. Try to get at the snake, if you can." And with that, Aurum was already charging forward, leaving little room for argument.

Unlike Hebi himself, Aurum was a being of many powers, and seeing as the other had not ruled using those powers out, the angel decided to take full advantage of that fact. Taking a deep breath, the lion launched himself up and into the sky, claws outstretched as if were about to take on Hebi head on – before he aimed to use his teleportation, trying to pop in behind the jaguar and land heavily on his back. If he were successful, he'd try to dig his claws into Hebi, shoving the other downwards towards Marr with the entirety of his weight. The lion was making an active effort to make sure that Marr would be able to reach Hebi, but he also didn't actually want to seriously hurt Hebi. After all, the jaguar was nice enough to offer them training, and Aurun didn't want to end up thanking him by inflicting some rather serious wounds – hence why he wasn't using his elementals. He had little idea of whether or not Marr would actually make an effort to listen to him, but if he decided not to, then that was hardly Aurum's fault. He was trying to work with this whole team thing, yet Marr's strange predetermined dislike seemed to be in the way.