Gunnaya's strike landed first, acting quicker. When the staff began pushing into the arm and it began giving under the strike, it was fortunate for Blithe that, due to their respective angling, before her arm reached its maximum flexibility, the staff smacked into Blithe's side. This was, by no means comfortable.

With her arm knocked about, Blithe's stab landed with limp force, snagging on the fur hide for but a moment before deflecting away with only some fluff as its prize.

Blithe desperately hauled her shield between them once more, knocking the staff away if it had not been withdrawn already, and set both her arms upon it, readjusting her grip so that she could discard it.