[See, Maria's style, as taught to her over the course of, is fast and aggressive -- so as soon as she has her stance, and the grat is ambling towards her with intent to slay, she charges.]
[Those blades are balanced about at the grip, so they spin through the air much faster than they seem like they should. She smacks the grat with a backhand blow of her left-hand blade, twisting it to drag the edge along its body, then spins so her right-hand blade descends on it in a powerful blow. She darts backwards, kicking off the ground to twist back into her guard as she does. It's not a perfect landing; she stumbles a step before recovering[
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[See, Maria's style, as taught to her over the course of, is fast and aggressive -- so as soon as she has her stance, and the grat is ambling towards her with intent to slay, she charges.]
[Those blades are balanced about at the grip, so they spin through the air much faster than they seem like they should. She smacks the grat with a backhand blow of her left-hand blade, twisting it to drag the edge along its body, then spins so her right-hand blade descends on it in a powerful blow. She darts backwards, kicking off the ground to twist back into her guard as she does. It's not a perfect landing; she stumbles a step before recovering[