Deimos
Deimos watched as the series of movements jostled the Dragoon into the dirt, pausing entirely as Zavien seemed frozen and stilled by the performance. Arching a brow and lowering his blade, the Sword shook his head, coming around to face the younger man. “You had several options,” he began, permitting the smallest of smiles to peek through the corners of his mouth. “Adjusting movement to shift out of my range,” which would have been difficult given momentum (precisely what the Warden had in mind), but not entirely impossible. It called for a more prepared approach, which hopefully Zavien would keep in mind for the future.
But he’d meant multiple choices, and so he persisted, not unkind or unjust, but calm and measured, speaking from worlds and beacons of experience. “You could have taken the attack, which sometimes works well when setting up for another.” Just as Deimos had done before, absorbing the blow to ensure his following volley would have equal, if not a slightly more formidable return. “Sometimes it does not, but that takes some risk evaluation.” A blow to the spine might not be better suited to an alternative. “You could have adjusted yourself to be hit somewhere minor as well.”
This wasn’t the end of his calculations, but he also didn’t want to overwhelm the Stormbreaker. “As for now, you can roll away and reset yourself. Would you like to try that maneuver again?”
But he’d meant multiple choices, and so he persisted, not unkind or unjust, but calm and measured, speaking from worlds and beacons of experience. “You could have taken the attack, which sometimes works well when setting up for another.” Just as Deimos had done before, absorbing the blow to ensure his following volley would have equal, if not a slightly more formidable return. “Sometimes it does not, but that takes some risk evaluation.” A blow to the spine might not be better suited to an alternative. “You could have adjusted yourself to be hit somewhere minor as well.”
This wasn’t the end of his calculations, but he also didn’t want to overwhelm the Stormbreaker. “As for now, you can roll away and reset yourself. Would you like to try that maneuver again?”
we exhume our enemy's bones
we are battling, hungry beasts
we are battling, hungry beasts
