With loud clacks, Kaleeth succeeded in stopping Janius' attacks, swatting Janius' sword away for long enough to repeat the process for the next few strikes. If Janius wasn't intent on repeating his combo, he could have exploited Kaleeth's openings as if he was fighting a child. He kept his grip on his sword, though. Even though the hits were jarring and made Janius' fingers sore, he knew not to hold his wrist too rigidly. When he stepped back into his defensive stance again, Janius spoke. "I am all that you fear, remember? Can you defeat all that you fear with brute force? Observe more. Again." Janius struck once more with his combo.

With how unorthodox Ahnasha's next moves were, Fendros didn't have time to process her movements before he tripped over his own feet and landed back-first on the ground with a pained cough. Ahnasha had knocked the wind out of his lungs, and his grip had loosened enough that she could escape, but the fact remained that Fendros had his arm around her. Heaving Ahnasha's body to one side, Fendros tried to roll such that Ahnasha was pinned with her front towards the floor and try to hold her down.