What the-?! Her elbow suddenly clocked him in the face, knocking his glasses askew. Daniel almost let go. In fact, letting her go was probably better, because she was a lot more trouble than she was worth; except he had to at least try and stop her from diving back into that blood bath.
Her heel didn't hit his crotch, but - holy crap still slammed close enough that the throb of pain at the juncture and the sudden self preservation that came with the near-miss forced him to half-drop her, half-throw her away from him.
Even that Tribute who'd killed him hadn't gone that low!
Daniel backed off, straightening his glasses. This time she wasn't going to take him by surprise. The first time was plenty and okay, the second time with the groin attack was something he should have seen coming. He was lucky he had a third chance. "What's to go back to? Just to get killed or put on a good show for these guys? What's the point? Dance when they say so, just because they say so?"
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What the-?! Her elbow suddenly clocked him in the face, knocking his glasses askew. Daniel almost let go. In fact, letting her go was probably better, because she was a lot more trouble than she was worth; except he had to at least try and stop her from diving back into that blood bath.
Her heel didn't hit his crotch, but - holy crap still slammed close enough that the throb of pain at the juncture and the sudden self preservation that came with the near-miss forced him to half-drop her, half-throw her away from him.
Even that Tribute who'd killed him hadn't gone that low!
Daniel backed off, straightening his glasses. This time she wasn't going to take him by surprise. The first time was plenty and okay, the second time with the groin attack was something he should have seen coming. He was lucky he had a third chance. "What's to go back to? Just to get killed or put on a good show for these guys? What's the point? Dance when they say so, just because they say so?"