[center][h2][color=#008b8b]Fionn MacKerracher[/color][/h2][/center]
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The falconer in front of Fionn rose to meet his challenge… literally. Already standing the height of a man, when it stood properly – or as much as it was able to – then it towered over even the tallest human. Lanky, and malformed in a clearly [i]avian[/i] manner, it was hard to tell where the light armour ended and its own natural scaling began. Its masked head regarded Fionn with a curious gaze before it gave a loose shrug, cloak of feathers rippling over the stubs of wings.

Yet, still, its arms and whatever weapons it held were hidden beneath the feathery shroud, and the Falconer made no move to engage in melee. 

It didn't need to: the spectral bird had launched off its shoulder and already moved for a raking dive at the knight's face, not caring for normal concerns like needing time to build up speed.
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Fast as it was, Fionn was expecting the falcon to dive into the fray immediately. He stepped off to his right, leaning deeply into the step, and the spectral falcon sped on past him without making any contact. He stepped forwards, then back to the left with a similar lean—avoiding the return attack as the falcon came back around. He swung upwards as it did, and spectral feathers floated in the air as they were freed from their ghostly owner. The falcon returned to her original place with her falconer, with no damage except to the plumage.

He [i]could[/i] have done more. Perhaps he should have; however, while the opportunity to train with Erich and getting to fight with Gerard, Renar, and Florian had been something he greatly enjoyed, it still didn't [i]quite[/i] match up to the opportunity to indulge himself with real stakes. Maybe that was part of why he and Tyaethe got along so well—a similar level of insanity, finding such enjoyment in such a dangerous occupation. At least she wasn't making extra difficulty for herself...but cutting the falcon out of the air so soon would make it too simple, too quickly.

He raised his blade from the low guard he'd returned to after the quick upwards slash, relaxedly walking forwards towards the Falconer. [color=#008b8b]"Surely that's not all you've got, aye? Would be sad if it was. Disappointing, like."[/color]