shri: (» we are higher than the sparrow)
lakshmi· ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴅɪsᴀsᴛᴇʀ · bai ([personal profile] shri) wrote in [community profile] forbarrayar 2017-02-07 04:34 am (UTC)

Save your naivety.

[ Dancing and fighting were the same. But she knows she's not at her best even if the threat of combat pushes it all aside like even the understanding of war cleared away all such complaints in her body. There was always a purity to out and out combat.

She snaps with the material between her hands, as she side steps away from the blow to wrap the material in a quick sharp around the other woman's wrist. Pulling it tight to use it to anchor her and throw her. It leaves them both with their hands tied up. Gauging, always. Striking first blow was always a mistake, but this woman didn't seem much of a fool for how she held herself.

No, she seemed far too sure of it.
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