Charlie managed to pull his head back in time to only get a light cut to his forehead, but it still hurt pretty bad and it was bleeding a little. despite the pain, he had to keep on guard and saw the Egyptian aim a strike at his wrist. he pulled back his sword and made Michael's staff hit the crossguard of his weapon. he would have used the locking of the Egyptian's weapon to perform a counterattack, but Mihcael rolled away from him, and talked about how impressive his skills in combat were.

"You've never had to go up against a child of Kronos in a sword fight, and the their time powers make their fighting style extremely complex and unpredictable. Your skill is really good, most fighters other than Atlas kids would be tiring from the strain of a physical fight. The first they try to teach us at camp Titan is to not waste time with words and fight smart, powerfully and efficiently" he said with a smile. Charlie was not the most skilled out of the Atlas kids, he had yet to master the flaw in his character which was true for many Atlas kids, that was his anger and rash way of charging in without too much thought for strategy. Now that he had seen the Egyptian was skilled, he was going to fight smarter, and waited for the boy to attack.