Facing the oncoming shield, Gunnaya took her left hand off of her staff, and drew her axe. Tucking her right arm in, she slammed herself into Blithe's shield with her right shoulder. The collision was loud, but Gunnaya had her feet firmly planted in the snow. Hopefully the elf, using only one arm to hold the shield, would be more shaken than Gunnaya, by the collision. The elf wouldn't stop pushing forward with that damned shield. All the tall, barbaric woman could think to do was to knock her backward. As her right shoulder buried itself painfully into the solid shield, with a thunderous [b]*THUD*[/b], Gunnaya prepared to parry another jab from the elf's sword.