Bariyan swings his sword clumsily and somehow succeeds in knocking Sleuth's blow away. The impact causes him to lose his grip on his blade, though. Whoops. He staggers back from it so that it won't stab him in the foot, then swoops back down to pick it up.

"That didn't happen," he insists, pointing his sword at Sleuth as dramatically as possible. Then he sort of steps forwards and jabs the blade awkwardly in the other's direction.