Alia doesn't manage to avoid that, alas. Although she does turn the fall into a roll and come quickly back up on her feet. (There are advantages to learning how to fall properly when you are learning how to walk.)


Bugger, that's going to sting later. Alia decides she's going to have to get him to come at her, as she's not breaking through his defenses. She feints toward his other shoulder, leaving an opening that she HOPES he'll take advantage of...