Mhn. Would it upset you to know that I've only used a couple of basic skills against you right now?
[Which is the truth. But it's also the truth that Douman had gone the full monty and then some in order to make as much of an impression as possible, including several small psychological tricks and some plain out unfair plays. This whole setup had been as rigged as asking somebody to be colder than a Yuki Onna to begin with.
And the young man has dealt with all he'd tossed at him with a remarkable calm mind and some very clever ideas that could have easily worked against anybody except him.]
You held up well against me. Way better than many of my students would have. Hitting the ground in order to test my ability and see if you could throw my movements off was a good move that many wouldn't have thought of.
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[Which is the truth. But it's also the truth that Douman had gone the full monty and then some in order to make as much of an impression as possible, including several small psychological tricks and some plain out unfair plays. This whole setup had been as rigged as asking somebody to be colder than a Yuki Onna to begin with.
And the young man has dealt with all he'd tossed at him with a remarkable calm mind and some very clever ideas that could have easily worked against anybody except him.]
You held up well against me. Way better than many of my students would have. Hitting the ground in order to test my ability and see if you could throw my movements off was a good move that many wouldn't have thought of.