[It didn't take long, actually. She did manage to get a swipe or two more through his defenses... one slicing through the fabric on his shoulder and leaving a nasty gash in his upper arm... but it was hard to go low on someone smaller than him. He was used to attacking low because he was usually the shorter one as of late, since most of his fights back home had been against Galra, a race of much taller beings who mostly averaged between 7 and 8 feet tall. Being only 6 foot himself, Keith tended to stay closer to the ground, under their reach and attacking at their legs if he wasn't jumping in from above. But this situation was the opposite of that. He was a lot taller than Laura.
His weapons were pretty sharp, and could slice through robotic limbs if he had the right angle and momentum, so watching her shake off getting hit by his bayard without slowing down came as something of a shock to him. Enough so that her next jab caught him between the bottom of his chest armor and above his belt, ripping through the suit and drawing a hefty amount of blood in the process. He stumbled back, working to put some distance between them in an attempt to get some recovery time before having to defend himself again, and he fell to one knee.
That put him on the level to actually go for her legs on her next strike, so he did. His Marmora blade might be able to cut through Galra sentry bots, but adamantium infused bones? Most likely not. She wouldn't lose a limb to his hit, but he definitely wasn't thinking defense-only anymore... not with the pain clouding his judgement.]
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His weapons were pretty sharp, and could slice through robotic limbs if he had the right angle and momentum, so watching her shake off getting hit by his bayard without slowing down came as something of a shock to him. Enough so that her next jab caught him between the bottom of his chest armor and above his belt, ripping through the suit and drawing a hefty amount of blood in the process. He stumbled back, working to put some distance between them in an attempt to get some recovery time before having to defend himself again, and he fell to one knee.
That put him on the level to actually go for her legs on her next strike, so he did. His Marmora blade might be able to cut through Galra sentry bots, but adamantium infused bones? Most likely not. She wouldn't lose a limb to his hit, but he definitely wasn't thinking defense-only anymore... not with the pain clouding his judgement.]