"You need more speed when you pivot. Your wrists are doing the thinking; let your legs do the work."
An overhead slam, a feint, a backward hop, a sink, and a spring.
Ignotus kept moving through it all; a spoken lesson slipped in after each.
"You swing from your elbow too much; put more of your weight behind the staff."
Gaia countered with a few earth spears, which he easily dodged, and then a spike-filled wall that she was about to fling at him, only to vault over it and land on his flank. An obvious sign of her growth, since she knew that he would easily dodge that attack.
Ignotus laughed, loving the strategy, and pushed past her, forcing her to twist back.
When she did, he clipped the back of her neck with a finger, making her go still.
"Dead."
Immediately, as if expecting this, she conjured walls on both sides, trapping herself and Ignotus in between them. Pockets of her earth took shape beneath as well, fast enough to trap him, even as he tried to step back and out.
