It is the Still and Silent Sea That Drowns a Man (Shepard)

[Arrbi Betna]

Betna relaxed his muscles and let his mind clear up until it became sharp and focused. Things slowed down slightly, or seemed to at any rate. He saw the fist come at him, this time from the opposite side. Was it a mirror? Or was it a different attack?

He fought down the questions the instant they appeared and fought down the initial reaction to parry the fist. Instead, he acted on the concept he had in mind. The one he hoped would work in his favor and be just unorthodox enough to keep an enemy on the back foot.

He surged forwards, ducking his head and body low as he did so. He felt Hoath's fist glance off his shoulder and down his back in a strike that would hurt later, but not nearly as much as if he'd taken the blow straight on. Betna found himself inside the sweeping attack for a brief moment before he brought his arms around and wrapped them firmly around Hoath's waist. He locked his hands together and brought the other man in for a bear hug, attempting to lift Hoath off his feet and into the air. If successful, Hoath would find himself with massive pressure applied to his lower spine from the bear hug and Betna's grip followed by opposite pressure applied to the upper torso as Betna pushed back with his own upper body on Hoath's chest. With the spine going opposite directions, a successful grapple meant Hoath could suffer spinal damage short of getting out of the grip or tapping out.

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[Hira Mitsae]

[member="Arrbi Betna"]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]Betna was taller than Hoath, but the warrior was stockier in build. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]Which could mean everything or nothing in a further engagement that was more serious in nature. His first instinct was to crush Betna’s windpipe with some well-aimed kinetic bursts followed by breaking open his skull. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]But that was the instinct of the blood rising, and they weren’t here to fight an actual battle. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]Besides Hoath actually [/SIZE][SIZE=10.6666666666667px]liked[/SIZE][SIZE=10.6666666666667px] Betna. So trying to kill him wasn’t quite the statement to make when you were trying to show a guy some friendship.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]Instead the Exonadian went down and immediately tapped on the ground. It would be too hard to properly fight back from the ground without doing any permanent damage to either of them - so cooler heads prevailed in that one.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]“Heh.” the old man chuckled to himself, simply laying there on the ground and enjoying the feeling of the solid footing hugging his back. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]“Good one, nice instincts. Though a bit risky in a training situation.”[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.6666666666667px]A more hot-headed person could have made things less… pleasant.[/SIZE]