"Next time," he promised, entirely uncaring that the 'next time' was for blinding him with candle wax. It wouldn't be permanent.
Fighting with knives on both sides was often a lot like dancing. Faster in places and with much higher likelihood of bloodletting, but being close-in and twisted around your opponent was part of it. Also similar to dancing, being tense or overexcited tended to ruin things.
At the very least tension locked muscles, which would have prevented his next move. He crowded a little closer to her, somehow, using his greater height to advantage, then slid one foot behind one of her ankles and pulled. Against an amateur or unskilled opponent, it was a solid trip, but against Valkyrie he expected to put her slightly off-kilter for a half-second at best, and use that time to reclaim one or both arms' freedom of movement.
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Date: 2018-11-13 01:43 pm (UTC)Fighting with knives on both sides was often a lot like dancing. Faster in places and with much higher likelihood of bloodletting, but being close-in and twisted around your opponent was part of it. Also similar to dancing, being tense or overexcited tended to ruin things.
At the very least tension locked muscles, which would have prevented his next move. He crowded a little closer to her, somehow, using his greater height to advantage, then slid one foot behind one of her ankles and pulled. Against an amateur or unskilled opponent, it was a solid trip, but against Valkyrie he expected to put her slightly off-kilter for a half-second at best, and use that time to reclaim one or both arms' freedom of movement.