"Why run when we can fly?"

He adopts a fighting stance again, but his tone clearly says that he means for this to be more of a friendly fight rather than real combat. He'd always felt most alive when he was fighting, and sparring was his equivalent of playing.

He launched himself at Ellis, backhanding him with a combination of his own strength and a burst of soul energy. He knows from experience that the blow is enough to send a man flying, and it does indeed send Ellis flying out of the blind spot.