[Byleth, too, didn't notice the acorn rolling away. His focus was squarely on Gavial's unrelenting charge, and his next movement - a prepped parry stance, knife held at the ready - faltered when he registered that it seemed less like she was preparing to charge in and swing, but charge in and-?]
Oof!
[Critical hit! At the very last moment he'd lowered his blade and attempted a sideways dodge, not wanting to risk lashing out with steel if she was moving in for a grapple - but had made the decision a mite too slowly. Gavial got him!]
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Oof!
[Critical hit! At the very last moment he'd lowered his blade and attempted a sideways dodge, not wanting to risk lashing out with steel if she was moving in for a grapple - but had made the decision a mite too slowly. Gavial got him!]