Tal finished blocking the dummy's current swing, the 'mace' sliding off his tilted shield a little more smoothly, before he let the heavy armament drop point first to the snow so he could grin at Deimos. "But if it's bigger, it can protect more of me, right?"
Though his aching bicep begged to differ, and he didn't argue as he accepted the trade and hefted the lighter one with overt relief on his honest face. This time when he lashed out at the target he jerked the shield up--
Too high, not accounting for the light weight, and the leather ball smashed into the lower part of the shield and set the courier stumbling back a few steps with a Whoof! of air knocked out of him.
"Uh. I asked for somethin' to protect me from getting hit, an' Ludo told me I needed to practice being less squishy," he admitted ruefully. "So I'm tryin' to work on my defense today."
Though his aching bicep begged to differ, and he didn't argue as he accepted the trade and hefted the lighter one with overt relief on his honest face. This time when he lashed out at the target he jerked the shield up--
Too high, not accounting for the light weight, and the leather ball smashed into the lower part of the shield and set the courier stumbling back a few steps with a Whoof! of air knocked out of him.
"Uh. I asked for somethin' to protect me from getting hit, an' Ludo told me I needed to practice being less squishy," he admitted ruefully. "So I'm tryin' to work on my defense today."
