Ayessa was impressed, but not surprised. This man had come prepared to fight, despite her best efforts to seem as harmless as possible before and immediately upon arrival. He was resilient and fought as though his life depended on it, despite Ayessa telling him that his bounty was ‘wanted alive.’ He managed to evade her strike and a metal cylinder followed, rolling out into the open quite the distance from either of them. She didn’t recognize it soon enough, getting caught by surprise when it exploded, shooting out metal shards and destroying the inside of the cantina. She used what power with the force she could in immediate reaction to the explosion shooting at her, but regardless she was sent flying back, her lightwhip retracting and rolling away from her as she attempted to recover.
She was almost never caught off like that- she was always the calm and precise one. This left her mental state in a temporary state of confusion and shock, her vision was blurry and everything seemed to be shaking. She lie on the ground, holding her head as she held her other hand out to call back her whips hilt. She wondered how the grenade user was himself, as it appeared the bomb was halfway between them both.
“I feel as though the use of that explosive was unnecessary.” She inched backwards against a wall, using it to support her to regain her balance. “I’m still standing,” she announced, vision still foggy and head still aching. “Are you?”
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