As soon as Kris removed her armor, sending in shards of ice, Milo dove to the left, avoiding the brunt of the assault, but he did get stung and scraped by a few of the fragments as he dove, turning the move into a roll as he landed and quickly regained his feet.  He watched Kris as he tried to come up with a strategy that would put him on the offensive.  Unfortunately, strategy was never Milo's strong suit.  He knew he couldn't beat this girl by his strength - she clearly had him beat in that department - so he would have to rely on his flexibility, agility, and the complete array of elements at his disposal.  Unfortunately, that was all he had time to think about because Kris was charging at him again with another attack.

Milo was backed up against the wall while Kris charged, a coating of ice across her knuckles.  Milo assumed she would try throwing a punch and readied himself to dodge the hit at the last moment, his legs tensed for a jump and his upper body ready to twist to the side.  Then he saw Kris's leg swing up at him, and without having the time to gauge the distance between her leg and him and realize that the leg wasn't going to connect, he jumped to the side just before the leg came back down and her fist sailed forward, right to the spot where Milo had been only seconds before, but now was just an unforgiving wall of stone.  She had been too committed to the maneuver to adjust when Milo moved out of the way.

Milo rushed to the opposite side of the arena while he waited for Kris to recover and attack again.  He wouldn't have much of a reprieve, but he was going to use it to try to plan a strategy.  She seemed to have mostly given up on using her element.  That might be something he could use to his advantage.  She also only knew that he could use fire.  That could also be an advantage, but it would be a short-lived one as once he used another element she would realize that he was an Aetherial and would need to change tactics again.  His small size allowed him to dodge and duck under certain attacks, which might help him get in close for a quick strike, but he would need to retreat from such an attack quickly.  Luckily, he had the speed to allow that.  His agility and flexibility were also helpful with that, as he had already demonstrated.  Now, he just needed to figure out a way to put all of these things together.

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