<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 153, 153)">Castelis lurched back, flinging the blade at his shoulder as she did so, his boot coming into contact with her knee, and hard. She hissed in pain, but forced herself to stay on her feet, knee throbbing. It wasn’t broken, she could tell that from the pain, but damn if he didn’t kick hard.</span>