It was a pity that Amun wasn't privy to Melita's thoughts, since he had very personal and very recent experience with exactly how much abuse an Ascended's body could go through without shutting down. Alas, telepathy wasn't one of his powers in this world. Besides, he was too focused on their sparring to process much else at the moment.
His blow landed, but then her follow up did as well: as her fist slammed into his ribs, he folded in on himself a bit, rocking back. Arms windmilling to keep his balance, he decided to roll with it as best he could; using the momentum from her strike, he tried to back away and put some distance between them. At the same time, he kicked out, aiming for her right shin in the hopes of deterring another attack from her until he could recover.
His blow landed, but then her follow up did as well: as her fist slammed into his ribs, he folded in on himself a bit, rocking back. Arms windmilling to keep his balance, he decided to roll with it as best he could; using the momentum from her strike, he tried to back away and put some distance between them. At the same time, he kicked out, aiming for her right shin in the hopes of deterring another attack from her until he could recover.
