"Thank you." Her willingness to help was accepted with due gratitude. She was neither Torcher nor Mer, but she was a friend, and he relied on her with appreciation shining warmly in his eyes. He had no reason to think that she was anything other than sincere in her offers, and no desire to doubt her or think that anything had changed since their last meeting.
Although he swiftly learned otherwise as she vanished from beneath his first punch. He turned his head to consider her grin and a steely brow rose at her caveat. "Hmm. That is... new." But he also knew that an attack could land before a teleport could fully activate, if the opponent was fast enough.
And he was faster than he looked.
A second punch had less power behind it but had the benefit of being mostly hidden by his body until he twisted at the last moment to bring it around in a wicked roundhouse aimed at her ribs.
Although he swiftly learned otherwise as she vanished from beneath his first punch. He turned his head to consider her grin and a steely brow rose at her caveat. "Hmm. That is... new." But he also knew that an attack could land before a teleport could fully activate, if the opponent was fast enough.
And he was faster than he looked.
A second punch had less power behind it but had the benefit of being mostly hidden by his body until he twisted at the last moment to bring it around in a wicked roundhouse aimed at her ribs.
