Judgement knew the strike was coming, there was naught he could do when his nimble foe got past his guard and his sword was on the wrong side to protect him. However, he had one last option; open only to someone with a complete faith in their armour’s ability to protect them. In conflict with swords there is actually a fair amount of difficulty involved in avoiding harm while dealing a strike if your opponent neglects their own defence. As Judgement could quite easily neglect his defence and leave it to his armour alone, he hastened to the bring his blade back into play, bringing his gauntleted left hand round to rest two feet down the blade. He was effectively half-swording as he swung around, simultaneous dragging his left shoulder away from the incoming strike, her blades cleaving grooves along the edge but finding poor purchase in a simple slash at the metal. If there was more meat behind her target the result might have been far different, and now Judgement’s strike was coming in as a return.

He thrust his sword spear-like at his enemy’s mid-section, rushing to meet her as she made her own strike. If his attack came in through her side or front would depend on if she fled backwards in time or not.