[He knows her and he knows how she attacks, just like she knows him. So it's easy to guess that he'll lose right away if he tries to charge her or feint to the side. Anything direct will get him killed (except this isn't supposed to be a fight to the death, not really.) so he has to change the way he thinks.
Cato doesn't respond to her tilt, not really. His sword stops in it's arc and he smiles to match hers -- ]
Come on then.
[-- and walks backwards, always keeping his eyes on her - before turning and disappearing around the bulky mouth of the Cornucopia. Once he's done that he grips his sword tight and waits just behind the corner for her to round it and come at him. While he waits, Cato attempts to stratigize. He doesn't want to kill her but he doesn't want to have her turn and sink a knife into him either. If he swings his sword just over how tall she stands, that'll make him completely vulnerable. Loss.
If he goes any lower, the chance he has to actually take an arm or her head even increases. Unacceptable win.
He looses one hand from the hilt of his sword and curls it into a fist. He intends to hit her shoulder when she turns the corner, make her less able to use that knife if only for a moment. It's a risk but then again everything is.
Cato is a little disheartened at the amount of times he has to remind himself not to kill her. That he's not in the Games anymore.]
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Cato doesn't respond to her tilt, not really. His sword stops in it's arc and he smiles to match hers -- ]
Come on then.
[-- and walks backwards, always keeping his eyes on her - before turning and disappearing around the bulky mouth of the Cornucopia. Once he's done that he grips his sword tight and waits just behind the corner for her to round it and come at him. While he waits, Cato attempts to stratigize. He doesn't want to kill her but he doesn't want to have her turn and sink a knife into him either. If he swings his sword just over how tall she stands, that'll make him completely vulnerable. Loss.
If he goes any lower, the chance he has to actually take an arm or her head even increases. Unacceptable win.
He looses one hand from the hilt of his sword and curls it into a fist. He intends to hit her shoulder when she turns the corner, make her less able to use that knife if only for a moment. It's a risk but then again everything is.
Cato is a little disheartened at the amount of times he has to remind himself not to kill her. That he's not in the Games anymore.]