This is starting to suck

The pale woman was actually quite impressed with the set of defenses that Illie managed to slip into on her own, without having to be shown what to do. Even though she thought she knew nothing, her body was responding by sheer instinct. That is what she wanted to try and pull from the girl, instead of her just flailing about and asking what needed to be done, she should be listening to her body. "Don't fight your instincts! Get out of your head and listen to your body. It knows what to do, even if you don't think you do. You cannot over think in a fight, or you're dead!" she growled, too in the moment to instruct her more kindly. When she jumped at the younger girl, she yelped and spun away, causing Mercy to let out an irritated huff. Illie didn't seem too pleased with herself either, which was also a good sign. She obviously did want to learn, so Mercy wasn't wasting her time with this one. Her lesson would actually go to go use, hopefully. She wasn't the best teacher, but... hey. She was something! A good fighter, a shitty talker. She needed to find a happy medium...

Shaking her head, she focused on the blue and white girl once more. She barked at her to go again, causing Mercy to grin softly. Good! She was angry, frustrated. "Use that anger to your advantage! Let it run through you, block out everything else. You need that adrenaline to push passed the pain of your injuries and focus on your opponent. Now, if you run away again I might actually bite you this time." she barked. She didn't leap at the girl right away again, that would be too predictable. So instead she darted towards her own left, before diving back to her own right and leaping at Illie from that point, putting her aimed target at Illie's left shoulder. This time Mercy tried to slam her rolled right shoulder into Illie's left shoulder, not too hard, but if she hit she would definitely leave a small bruise. Unless of course, she dodged out of the way, or was able to actually get in an attack herself. Quickly Mercy opened her jaws, her head tilting towards her own right as she tried to place her mouth on Illie's neck, right in the center of her head and her shoulder. Mercy didn't bite down, but just tried to place her jaws there as if she was really going to bite. Let's see how Illie tried to get herself out of this one.

"Speech"