[Gavial’s been in battles way more chaotic than this before. A lot of them. From the simple large-scale brawls of her homeland, to the the more lethal battlefields staged across Terra as a whole… and the number one thing she’s learned from all of them is how to be quick to react to changing tides.
She’d let her focus stay narrowed as she tussled with Byleth, but the sting of the arrow in her shoulder knocked a very sudden clarity into her. Her opponent scrambles away, shouting a name—and she fully registers now the thundering of hooves that had almost seemed background noise a moment ago. She half-rolls to get her feet properly on the ground again and pushes off to move, tail whipping behind her to keep herself from stumbling.
She can feel the rush of air as the familiar angry kuranta woman barrels past, a very narrow miss. Gavial doesn’t turn to track her right away, instead letting her momentum carry her forward to where she’d dropped her axe nearby. She makes a one-handed grab for its haft with her uninjured arm before she straightens up, finally turning to assess the change in stakes.]
Oh, we’re two on one now, huh?
[Breathy and excited, it doesn’t entirely sound like she minds the disadvantage.]
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She’d let her focus stay narrowed as she tussled with Byleth, but the sting of the arrow in her shoulder knocked a very sudden clarity into her. Her opponent scrambles away, shouting a name—and she fully registers now the thundering of hooves that had almost seemed background noise a moment ago. She half-rolls to get her feet properly on the ground again and pushes off to move, tail whipping behind her to keep herself from stumbling.
She can feel the rush of air as the familiar angry kuranta woman barrels past, a very narrow miss. Gavial doesn’t turn to track her right away, instead letting her momentum carry her forward to where she’d dropped her axe nearby. She makes a one-handed grab for its haft with her uninjured arm before she straightens up, finally turning to assess the change in stakes.]
Oh, we’re two on one now, huh?
[Breathy and excited, it doesn’t entirely sound like she minds the disadvantage.]