These feints...  They were testing his reflexes, his reactions.  He was on guard, maybe a little on edge.  Was he overreacting or reacting just enough?  It was hard to tell.  What did Wu Han want from him?  Niko had no idea who he was or what he did, apart from his name and martial arts fighting.  Was he just trying to see what he was capable of, or was it more than that?  No answers, no ideas, and yet there was this uneasy feeling that it was somehow a little more about him, in particular, unless Wu just didn't fancy his chances against Lee.  The other man slowed down and spoke up again, complimenting him, and then changed his tact.  Instead of being ready to take flight, like Niko would, he was now standing his ground, looking more prepared.

[color=92278f][i]Wait, like Angela?  Maybe not a technique, but he definitely looks more secure, although he HAS made a mistake...[/i][/color]

He looked prepared to be the rock that breaks the crashing waves, but there was a problem in where he was standing: It was loose sand.  It affected traction for both of them, but more-so for trying to keep still when a force is acting upon you than to be getting a move on.  He wouldn't be able to necessarily stop himself if he was hit hard enough.  The [i]question[/i] was more about his balance.  Would he be able to keep it in this case, or would he lose it and falter when he needed to stay upright and in control.  The fact that they were basically surrounded by sand also meant that Niko could do [i]other[/i] things, but he didn't want to bring techniques into it before it was necessary.

What he DID do was decide that the terrain and his speed [i]could[/i] be put to good use here.  Suddenly, Niko vanished.  From the average person's perspective, anyway.  Wu might've been able to follow it, or perhaps he was just more focused on enduring an attack.  Except...Niko [i]wasn't[/i] attacking.  Not exactly.  He wasn't going to try to hurt him, per se.  In fact, the proper term might be to [i]hurtle[/i] him, to [i]throw[/i] Wu Han via grabbing and pulling him at speed, so that the force of his momentum would drag him off of his feet and toss him at the lapping waves of the ocean when he came to a stop at the ocean's edge.  Only the landing could cause any harm.  Niko was inflicting very little himself, in this case.


[u]Velocity-Driven Grab-and-Toss![/u]

Health: 121
Power Level: 96

--Attack: 5
---Speed: 90
-Defense: 1