"Heh, every day, I see entire kingdoms of men fall into ruin. All a matter of perspective." Blithe matched Gunnaya's facing, keeping their facing equal. That said, Blithe's left side was forward, her right side back. Like a fencer, she did not present her chest straight towards Gunnaya.

As such, an attack on her sword arm side was only possible from Blithe's rear facing. As Blithe saw the attack coming in she crouched into her shield, lowering her head and reinforcing her shield arm with her shoulder. The two handed strike smashed heavily into the shield and halted Blithe's advance, but did not reach her sword arm side. Blithe's shield arm would probably not feel great in the morning, but for now, she was alright.

As soon as the impact was over, Blithe then shoved forward and up with her shoulder and her shield, aiming to push Gunnaya off balance slightly and obstruct her vision with the distracting shield as Blithe's blade swept in low to make a quick cut to the legs. It was not a powerful blow with a wind up to hew limbs, but a darting strike aimed to cause a shallow bleeding wound. The swing would just barely lodge in the leg, and then the pull back would cut open a bloody wound. There was little weight to the strike, as most of Blithe's force was in her shield, and she did not want to be off balance if the attack missed.