[Her mind is racing at a million miles an hour even as she's been knocked off balance, with her considerable strength it's not impossible to regain her balance but given the speed with which Diarmuid can move... perhaps then it's to her fortune that he takes to the air again instead of just lunging, as this gives her the critical extra second she needs to finish stumbling backwards, getting a boot planted into the ground firmly enough to hold her ground and...
Alright so there wasn't a second part to this plan, and she's almost out of time to react, so she tries something just a hair on the desperate side herself. Waver's maneuver isn't going unnoticed by her and it's given her a split second idea, suddenly bringing Garm right up over the top of her head and downwards in a well-timed lunging hack. If she's correct about this, Diarmuid is a second away from losing one of his weapons which should, in theory, leave him with no choice but to parry with his other one or take a direct blow himself.
If she's not correct, it's probably going to be a direct hit and she's not entirely certain even this grade of armor can withstand a direct hit from him. But risking her life on half-baked gambits is something she's getting used to by now.]
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Alright so there wasn't a second part to this plan, and she's almost out of time to react, so she tries something just a hair on the desperate side herself. Waver's maneuver isn't going unnoticed by her and it's given her a split second idea, suddenly bringing Garm right up over the top of her head and downwards in a well-timed lunging hack. If she's correct about this, Diarmuid is a second away from losing one of his weapons which should, in theory, leave him with no choice but to parry with his other one or take a direct blow himself.
If she's not correct, it's probably going to be a direct hit and she's not entirely certain even this grade of armor can withstand a direct hit from him. But risking her life on half-baked gambits is something she's getting used to by now.]