[ It's a trick she's used once before so it makes sense that Zenos would be ready to deflect her Contre Sixte. She lands half crouched back on the ground, standing up immediately after Buying time is always the name of the game when it comes to fighting against him, in addition to keeping her distance, but she's learned to prioritize the former. Landing on her feet, she knows she only has seconds to begin her next cast before he will redirect and hit her whether she likes it or not.
And hit it does, Zenos' sword making contact with her cane as she has to use the latter to block, channeling some of her own aether into the wood to give it some rigidity so that it won't splinter with one slash. What she lacks in physical strength, she has to make up for in other ways. Himeka grits her teeth at him as she can feel his sword push advantage. Then the one blue orb around her turns into three and a pillar of ice juts up directly between them. The force of it sends her backwards a few steps, sliding extra on the ice that spills out on the ground surrounding the pillar.
Then the pillar explodes, sending shards of ice across the battlefield (and maybe reaching the friendly conversation happening a ways away). ]
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And hit it does, Zenos' sword making contact with her cane as she has to use the latter to block, channeling some of her own aether into the wood to give it some rigidity so that it won't splinter with one slash. What she lacks in physical strength, she has to make up for in other ways. Himeka grits her teeth at him as she can feel his sword push advantage. Then the one blue orb around her turns into three and a pillar of ice juts up directly between them. The force of it sends her backwards a few steps, sliding extra on the ice that spills out on the ground surrounding the pillar.
Then the pillar explodes, sending shards of ice across the battlefield (and maybe reaching the friendly conversation happening a ways away). ]