Tal grinned at the implied compliment - or at least, he was taking it as implied, whether Sah meant it that way or not - and turned his focus back to the battle at hand.
Unlike the hunter the courier still had to pay attention to every move and countermove. He wasn't good enough yet to talk while he fought; not without risking losing track of all the myriad moving parts that went into a fight. His grin faded, too, as his face fell into lines of intense concentration while he blocked and then riposted, taking advantage of Sah's surprise to land a grazing nick to his dance partner's shirt.
Sah was still faster than him, much to Tal's chagrin, and managed to get behind him while the courier was still twisting to try and keep him in his sight. He tried to lift his leg out of the way of the attack while simultaneously swiping the blunt side of the glaive at the side of Sah's knee in return.
It wasn't exactly successful.
In his attempt to dodge Tal lost his balance and stumbled to land ass-down in the sand, but he still managed to get off his final attack - just not with the finesse he'd imagined in his head.
Unlike the hunter the courier still had to pay attention to every move and countermove. He wasn't good enough yet to talk while he fought; not without risking losing track of all the myriad moving parts that went into a fight. His grin faded, too, as his face fell into lines of intense concentration while he blocked and then riposted, taking advantage of Sah's surprise to land a grazing nick to his dance partner's shirt.
Sah was still faster than him, much to Tal's chagrin, and managed to get behind him while the courier was still twisting to try and keep him in his sight. He tried to lift his leg out of the way of the attack while simultaneously swiping the blunt side of the glaive at the side of Sah's knee in return.
It wasn't exactly successful.
In his attempt to dodge Tal lost his balance and stumbled to land ass-down in the sand, but he still managed to get off his final attack - just not with the finesse he'd imagined in his head.
