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[color=5edaf6]Level:[/color] 6 (6 -> 9 -> 14 -> 15/60)
[color=5edaf6]Location:[/color] Sandswept Sky - Temple of Khamoon
[color=5edaf6]Word Count:[/color] 439 (+1 EXP)
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Stats, skills, abilities, and experience aside, a major aspect of Fox’s advantage against Robin lay in his familiarity with his opponent and what he was capable of--a benefit denied to Robin through forced amnesia by the power that possessed his heart and mind. As the duel looked to decisively favor him, Fox soon saw his lead begin to disappear the moment it ceased to be a duel. Robin called upon his sorcerous partner to attend him, and at that point, Fox hadn’t been able to so easily touch him again.

The rhythm of his opponents' attacks tightened, naturally, with one set of strikes and spells chased with another spell directly behind it. Further temptation to reflect any of their magic was quickly discouraged when suffering the first hit of Hex, forcing Fox to resort purely to evasive acrobatics and swift maneuvering about the field to try to keep them moving at his pace. The problem was they now didn’t have to work as hard for it, needing not to move much at all if they didn’t want to, granting them effective control of the fight, and from a distance they had the fire superiority. Even targeting Tharja proved fruitless as they managed together to keep her firmly tucked defensively behind Robin, who was somehow better for taking the hit with her aid. Luckily, Fox benefited likewise from their own backline, even if he couldn’t feel it, or the effects of the Hex that may or may not have cancelled it out.

Prognosis: unfavorable. Fox wouldn’t be able to keep up a range game with them while they continued to repeatedly force back his advances and attempts to pressure, but perhaps, he wouldn’t have to. Calling upon his aforementioned familiarity with Robin as he knew him--as a combatant--one particular flaw in his fighting style came to mind: attrition. Was their magic still exhaustible? Could he last long enough to burn them out and force them on cooldown while he made his move, or would he have to make a new move before then? Regardless, he would try either way, starting by Jetting skyward above them, where Tharja’s grounded spell wouldn’t reach him, and he was free to use his Reflector against the first retaliatory spell either one of them threw out at him. Then, he would fire a hard shot at Tharja to force one of them to move in her defense, granting him a second long enough to dive down at them with a charge of Fire and begin another close-up assault on the tactician, looking to wear him down enough to free him and end their unproductive conflict.