They'd barely gotten out a nod and an "Oka-..." before Miss Melita came at them. "WHOA!"
They took a single step back, then with one hand gripping palm up and the other palm down, they pulled their staff up to meet hers, pushing most of their scrawny power into the palm-up hand to try to counter her downward motion and keeping a good grip on the staff with their other hand.
Miss Melita's strength, combined with Quanil's surprise, meant the staff was knocked out of the palm-down hand. Since most of their strength was focused on the other hand, the staff swung down and their palm-up hand swung up - they were basically holding the staff vertically instead of horizontally now.
They took a single step back, then with one hand gripping palm up and the other palm down, they pulled their staff up to meet hers, pushing most of their scrawny power into the palm-up hand to try to counter her downward motion and keeping a good grip on the staff with their other hand.
Miss Melita's strength, combined with Quanil's surprise, meant the staff was knocked out of the palm-down hand. Since most of their strength was focused on the other hand, the staff swung down and their palm-up hand swung up - they were basically holding the staff vertically instead of horizontally now.
