Elissa was lighter on her feet with only one blade, though the arc he threw his staff into caught her off guard and it smacked into her arm. If it hurt, she showed no sign of it. In fact, she had to actually restrain herself from doing the very natural follow up of slicing back, knowing that she could very well take his head off.

Instead, she ducked back and then forward, the pommel of her blade's handle going out for his wrist.