[She did tell Dokja she could simply make more, he's heard it out loud from her own lips. It's impossible to miss the sudden dampening in his aggression too, not just in his body language and the force behind the blade but also through the bond of their shared Legacy. Dokja.
Her strike misses. (That'll do. She may feel disappointed and then some, if he let that little actually hit him when he's on a mission.) He catches her wrist, and since that's all he's doing, clamping down on it without making any attempt to retaliate, she doesn't try to renew any attempt at assault either. Besides, this still serves her purpose: Dokja's attention is on her now, he quite literally has to keep a hand on her to prevent risking any serious injury to his own person, and every moment of that is an extra moment afforded to Liem in helping him get away.]
If that's what you believe, then you should have acted with more resolve the first time around.
[She doesn't confirm or deny his allegations despite her cold tone and stony expression, but the implications are glaring enough. And now, he's too late. They are too late. Summoning another Key in her free hand, she immediately flicks it at his side the moment it materializes. Hopefully he's paid attention during the Pleroma zoom meeting: that one wasn't intended to draw blood, so it may not trigger his dodge reflex right away, but pinning his shadow and immobilizing him would very much throw a wrench in his main and side objective alike. Which would just be too bad, all she's after is keeping him off Liem's trail. (Who should be retreating, not look for a better position to counter. Does she need to carry him away herself? Tch...)
They're all unlucky, every single Aion here. It's just that, nothing more.]
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Her strike misses. (That'll do. She may feel disappointed and then some, if he let that little actually hit him when he's on a mission.) He catches her wrist, and since that's all he's doing, clamping down on it without making any attempt to retaliate, she doesn't try to renew any attempt at assault either. Besides, this still serves her purpose: Dokja's attention is on her now, he quite literally has to keep a hand on her to prevent risking any serious injury to his own person, and every moment of that is an extra moment afforded to Liem in helping him get away.]
If that's what you believe, then you should have acted with more resolve the first time around.
[She doesn't confirm or deny his allegations despite her cold tone and stony expression, but the implications are glaring enough. And now, he's too late. They are too late. Summoning another Key in her free hand, she immediately flicks it at his side the moment it materializes. Hopefully he's paid attention during the Pleroma zoom meeting: that one wasn't intended to draw blood, so it may not trigger his dodge reflex right away, but pinning his shadow and immobilizing him would very much throw a wrench in his main and side objective alike. Which would just be too bad, all she's after is keeping him off Liem's trail. (Who should be retreating, not look for a better position to counter. Does she need to carry him away herself? Tch...)
They're all unlucky, every single Aion here. It's just that, nothing more.]