[Jade Alanon]

Jade had taken no real notice of his earlier landed strike, it caused a small amount of pain that only fueled her further, putting her deeper into the fighting mood. She had an odd reaction when it came to most pain, being that she had trained with Dimiah, pain was a learning experience that she often looked for and felt that others should think that way as well. She smiled as her thrust landed, striking him in the gut and stealing away his very breath at the same time. Had this been anyone else, she would have hit a lot harder, but she really didn't wish to hurt Austin and felt a bit bad that she had hit him as hard as she had. Though it would be a learning experience for him, don't let down your guard so easily, especially around one that is used to do pretty much anything to win.

"I take away your breath in so many ways it seems." She said with a laugh as Austin began to circle again, recovering quickly from the strike, his words causing her to laugh. He was right, he didn't want to upset her, she had a foul temper at times and having a staff in hand during those times was not a good idea. Jade was doing quite well keeping herself grounded in this fight, Nymira merely lent her strength and support to her bondmate as she circled Austin, waiting for another oppurtunity to strike. If Austin needed any way to find out more about Jade, it would be through her fighting.

He jumped forward and began a series of thrusts aimed at her sides, she was forced back on the defense and was able to defend against his strikes, a smile on her face as she defended herself, she enjoyed this immensely, the thrill of the fight always got to her. After she was able to defend herself against a series of thrusts, he stopped and rushed passed her, something she hadn't been expecting and let out a squeak of surprise when he slapped her backside with the flat of his blade. She had never had anything like that when she faced someone in a spar, though no male would have done such a thing and lived, but Austin was safe from her wrath, though he would find he would be getting a bruise for that. She couldn't help but smile as he turned to face her again, it had been a while since she had this much fun sparring. "I don't know if interesting is the word I would use."

She relaxed and let herself enjoy this and yet she had to remember that despite being in Natura and fighting against Austin, she was supposed to be prepared for anything. She was able to move fluidily as she circled him again, reaching forward to tap lightly at his sword as he had done with her earlier, doing her best to have him let his guard down again before she suddenly moved forward and swept her staff down at his calfs, hoping to swipe his feet right from under him and if she wasn't successful, she would hopefully be able to move back before he struck at her again.