[ It's a tactic to throw Peter off, of course. If she doesn't treat him like a threat, she expects that to inspire himself to prove that he is, that he can be.
... If she thought him totally incapable, she wouldn't taunt him. That would be actually rude.
A twitch of her lips – a flicker of response that's almost "good" – when he throws himself into the spar. He's gotten faster since they first started, she mentally acknowledges, and it's not as easy for her to duck and dodge with barely a thought. She darts back, letting him push her across the mat, though she stays out of reach.
She intends to dance away from him for a while, to keep him moving, advancing, so that she can get a better idea of where he leaves himself open or how he favors his offense. She's used to putting him on the defensive after a certain point, rather than giving him the opportunity to keep coming at her.
However, having a seamless offense, knowing how to make the pauses in-between unworkable for an opponent, can mean the difference between keeping an advantage and losing it with the wrong opening. ]
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... If she thought him totally incapable, she wouldn't taunt him. That would be actually rude.
A twitch of her lips – a flicker of response that's almost "good" – when he throws himself into the spar. He's gotten faster since they first started, she mentally acknowledges, and it's not as easy for her to duck and dodge with barely a thought. She darts back, letting him push her across the mat, though she stays out of reach.
She intends to dance away from him for a while, to keep him moving, advancing, so that she can get a better idea of where he leaves himself open or how he favors his offense. She's used to putting him on the defensive after a certain point, rather than giving him the opportunity to keep coming at her.
However, having a seamless offense, knowing how to make the pauses in-between unworkable for an opponent, can mean the difference between keeping an advantage and losing it with the wrong opening. ]