Come so far

Artorias would have been disappointed in his son if Ciaran had let such an easy feint attack get by his defenses, so it came as no surprise and a bit of a delight when his boy stepped in to intercept his assault, bringing his blade up to collide with Artorias'. The Aegis didn't hold back on the clash, letting Kea get a true taste of what armed combat was like as steel crashed into steel, the metallic clang ringing throughout the dojo. Their weapons shook in their jaws, and while Artorias had no difficulty managing his recoil, the look of surprise on Ciaran's face betrayed how much his son hadn't been expecting the feel of force. Still, it was a good block, one worthy of praise.

The Aegis nimbly sidestepped around Kea's reaching paw, a bit of a pirouette in his step as he rounded about a couple paces back from his opponent, the two dire-sized males squaring off again. "Bine! Now let's see you maintain your defense," Art said, giving Kea credit while lining up his next attack. Keeping his gaze fixed on Ciaran, watching his son's movements, Artorias began to maneuver himself sideways, looking like he was going to resume circling Kea and his princess, but instead pivoted and rushed his son, bringing his sword around in a wide horizontal slash with the flat side of the blade aimed for Kea's head. It was an obvious move, one Art fully expected his son to parry, but the intention behind his strike was to use Kea's block to deflect his blade up and allow the Aegis to bring it back down, aiming to conk his child with the sword so as only to stun him and maybe rattle his skull a bit.

"Artorias" | "Carpathian" | "Corbin" | "Eira" | "Argent"