Link easily countered the first strike and dodged the following as the large blade began its complex, if slow, weave through whatever sword form his opponent was using. His shield shrugged off roughly half the blows while his sword countered a third of them and his foot work dodged the rest. Feeling out Espedon's abilities as much as Espedon was attempting to feel out his. Both were experienced enough to do so when on the offensive or defensive.
Link took his time, unconsciously memorizing the tells and what move would follow the next based one what Espedon had already thrown at him. He never lunged head-first into a fight. That could result in unnessicary loss of hearts and make a win more difficult. And though he could have begun his own attack long before this, it wasn't a real fight. So Link was enjoying the work out that being on the defense gave him.
But then Espedon started glancing away. At the one man audience. The Hylian was no fool, and didn't take advantage of the distraction immediately. He kept moving through the strikes that increased in speed, purposely moving with each dodge to spin his body until his back was to the center of the roof and Espedon's was to the edge.
His opponent's attention still broken by the white-haired kid, Link finally took to the offensive, ducking under a blow and rolling inside that long reach when Espedon's eyes next glanced away. It was a quick strike to the sword arm, with the flat of his blade, made more to cause a sting of pain than actual injury. Grab the man's attention and force him to realize that Link was now beside him and throwing his full weight behind that shield and into Espedon's side to force the man off balance... make him react instead of act.
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Link took his time, unconsciously memorizing the tells and what move would follow the next based one what Espedon had already thrown at him. He never lunged head-first into a fight. That could result in unnessicary loss of hearts and make a win more difficult. And though he could have begun his own attack long before this, it wasn't a real fight. So Link was enjoying the work out that being on the defense gave him.
But then Espedon started glancing away. At the one man audience. The Hylian was no fool, and didn't take advantage of the distraction immediately. He kept moving through the strikes that increased in speed, purposely moving with each dodge to spin his body until his back was to the center of the roof and Espedon's was to the edge.
His opponent's attention still broken by the white-haired kid, Link finally took to the offensive, ducking under a blow and rolling inside that long reach when Espedon's eyes next glanced away. It was a quick strike to the sword arm, with the flat of his blade, made more to cause a sting of pain than actual injury. Grab the man's attention and force him to realize that Link was now beside him and throwing his full weight behind that shield and into Espedon's side to force the man off balance... make him react instead of act.