mal does not wait this time, evaluating and letting him close in. no. she charges.
without magic, her focus narrows. she can almost see what nico will do before he does it. he’s still holding back; she knows he would wipe her out in a fair fight. mal, though, has never fought fair in her life and she sees no need to start now.
her blade is longer and she uses that to her advantage. she has a dancer’s grace like evie and jay’s roughhousing energy and a cutthroat attitude she definitely doesn’t share with carlos: that’s all her.
which is how mal seizes her opening: while nico is distracted fending off her sword, she kicks his ankle. directly on the bone. hard. ]
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mal does not wait this time, evaluating and letting him close in. no. she charges.
without magic, her focus narrows. she can almost see what nico will do before he does it. he’s still holding back; she knows he would wipe her out in a fair fight. mal, though, has never fought fair in her life and she sees no need to start now.
her blade is longer and she uses that to her advantage. she has a dancer’s grace like evie and jay’s roughhousing energy and a cutthroat attitude she definitely doesn’t share with carlos: that’s all her.
which is how mal seizes her opening: while nico is distracted fending off her sword, she kicks his ankle. directly on the bone. hard. ]