Oz has a look about him that's likely familiar to those who have studied - or taught, especially - swordplay before; a focused, maybe somewhat too obvious narrow-eyed look born of still learning how to simultaneously observe, move himself, and recall upon what he's learned before. He's had practice, of course, and years of it even, but until not long ago of a very casual sort - from instructors teaching him because of certain skill sets being expected among nobility, though without any real expectation of needing to use them in the real world.
In A Real FightTM there's a very high likelihood he wouldn't have a sword in the first place; the only time he had that option was when it went disastrously at Lutwidge Academy. There's certainly some merit to Elliot's tendency to carry one about everywhere, awkward as that must get at moments. But in all truth, in the course of A Real FightTM what he would really resort to using would be the power of his Chain, which is especially problematic now that each usage hastens the time when he'll have to - well. Pay up.
Right now though, he simply retreats backwards a few steps, moving out of range.
"Ahaha! I'm not sure that applies to this situation."
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In A Real FightTM there's a very high likelihood he wouldn't have a sword in the first place; the only time he had that option was when it went disastrously at Lutwidge Academy. There's certainly some merit to Elliot's tendency to carry one about everywhere, awkward as that must get at moments. But in all truth, in the course of A Real FightTM what he would really resort to using would be the power of his Chain, which is especially problematic now that each usage hastens the time when he'll have to - well. Pay up.
Right now though, he simply retreats backwards a few steps, moving out of range.
"Ahaha! I'm not sure that applies to this situation."