Each crack of a landing blow made her smile and laugh a bit more, her mouth curled up into a dimpled smile before disappearing completely as she felt her fist stop for a moment, then strike hard earth and make an indentation. This beast was far from stupid, and that was all she could hear herself thinking as her body lurched forward with the strike and she was swept to the side, head colliding with the earth solidly as she rolled. On the ground, she lay dazed and confused for a moment, until he returned into her vision as he flipped over to reverse the situation. She felt more streaks of hot pain as her head was jerked to the left by his swipe and growled in pain.

His strikes were quick and deadly, but he had put himself in a situation where speed mattered nothing. Careless. She moved in the short lull left by him striking her, and lifted herself to deliver a quick headbutt into his flat, catlike nose before driving her fingers into the ground and trying to pull herself out of his grasp. If she wriggled out in time, she could lift her legs and move him away with either a swift push with her legs or a great kick, depending on his distance at the time.