Well, the good news was that he felt his fist connect with flesh - and the bad news was that only afterwards did he have the panicked thought that Sah was going to be pissed if he found out that Tal had been beating up on his daughter. It wasn't a concern that he was given much time to dwell on as Soleil pushed right through the pain and his attempt to slow her down and instead launched an immediate counter attack from an unexpected direction.
Well, not entirely unexpected. Tal hadn't exactly grown up learning to fight fair, and his gut reaction was to protect something a little lower down when he sensed the knee rising. It didn't leave his stomach wide open, but his defensive reach wasn't in the right place for a proper block, and he oof!ed as Soleil hit with a glancing blow, folding down over the striking appendage with all thought of Sah's sensibilities knocked out of him along with a little air.
It made it both easier and harder to turn his downward trajectory into a foreheadbutt against the young woman who was working out just as much helpless frustration as he was in the down-and-dirty scuffle.
Well, not entirely unexpected. Tal hadn't exactly grown up learning to fight fair, and his gut reaction was to protect something a little lower down when he sensed the knee rising. It didn't leave his stomach wide open, but his defensive reach wasn't in the right place for a proper block, and he oof!ed as Soleil hit with a glancing blow, folding down over the striking appendage with all thought of Sah's sensibilities knocked out of him along with a little air.
It made it both easier and harder to turn his downward trajectory into a foreheadbutt against the young woman who was working out just as much helpless frustration as he was in the down-and-dirty scuffle.
