The command reached Lira's spine and turned her wrist toward Sagiri before she understood the order had reversed.
Kiana closed the gap in the same breath, driving a cut toward the shoulder Lira had left open while her attention split between two masters.
Lira caught the blade on her forearm, felt it open the skin beneath the cloth, and staggered backward without taking her eyes off Sagiri's chained leg.
'Two enemies live inside me now,' Lira thought, forcing her elbow up to catch the next cut, 'and only one of them chose to come here.'
"You are dividing the order," Kiana said, stepping through the gap in Lira's guard, "but division does not remove it."
Lira turned her hip to spill the force of the strike sideways, breath tearing loud in her own ears.
"It only has to give me one decision at a time," she said, "so why don't you tell me which one you're afraid of?"
