They moved at the same time.
Sera still moved first.
Crackle!
Her twin blades carved through the air in bright arcs of lightning as she launched forward, the force of her movement compressing the space ahead of her into a low, rushing pressure that could be heard as much as felt.
"Mhm..."
Gray shifted to the right, only adjusting enough to let her first blade pass close to his shoulder.
Her second strike followed immediately, exactly where it needed to be to catch that movement, her body already turning through the motion with practiced precision.
He dropped under it.
The blade cut through empty air above him, and in the same motion, he drove his rapier upward toward her guard, the strike clean and direct.
She caught it.
Clang!
The impact rang out sharply, forcing her back half a step as the lightning running along her swords snapped outward from the point of contact, striking the ground in branching lines that left dark marks in the stone.
