(it's a game for her. hei despises it, feeling the anger that simmers beneath his veil of calm bubble and spit in his gut.
you know nothing.
hei gives her what she wants, that delightful clang of two blades clashing and it's loud enough to turn heads from down in the ring. they're the spectacle now and he hates that too, it shows in his eyes as he holds her sword back from his face with his dagger and flexes into it with a strong shove to dislodge her.)
I won't be taken down — (whipping his dagger forward in a slash at her chest.) — by this alone.
(if he had his true abilities, this might already be over. barring any interruption from her own and her moves don't read like any human's. that'd be a battle of attrition too. there's nothing to do except fight on.)
no subject
you know nothing.
hei gives her what she wants, that delightful clang of two blades clashing and it's loud enough to turn heads from down in the ring. they're the spectacle now and he hates that too, it shows in his eyes as he holds her sword back from his face with his dagger and flexes into it with a strong shove to dislodge her.)
I won't be taken down — (whipping his dagger forward in a slash at her chest.) — by this alone.
(if he had his true abilities, this might already be over. barring any interruption from her own and her moves don't read like any human's. that'd be a battle of attrition too. there's nothing to do except fight on.)