Daegan smirked and purposefully changed his attack pattern so she would be able to block the strike. "So you're not a fighter, hmm?" he smiled. "If you want to learn what I was teaching, remember what the subject matter was. I said you needed to wield a blade to fully understand my test tomorrow. So that's what we are going to do! Until you can land a hit on me, we are going to be opponents."<br/><br/>Raphael turned beet red as Alex observed him. At her comment of going to her room, he let out a breath he didn't realize he'd been holding in. After she left he walked over to her door and knocked softly. "Hey, Alex... I... I mean I'm... I didn't... sorry for that." He said in a jumble of incoherence. Opening the door, his eyes seemed pleading as he walked over to her. "We don't have to go any faster than you are comfortable with but... Daegan wasn't lying. My instincts are seldom wrong, which is why he found it so goddamn funny. I don't expect you to want to just jump at the chance, but I am afraid this isn't going to resolve itself with us ignoring the issue." Raphael morphed into a kitten and jumped into her lap, purring and meowing cutely.<br/><br/>Daegan was impressed. Haley might not have known how to wield a blade, but she was improving quite nicely. He dodged another swipe. "Oh, so close!" he laughed, another lunging sweep coming from him. "Not a fighter? well then, incentive time. if you can wound me, I will excuse you from the paper altogether and forge an A+ document for you to bypass the class' test. think of it like test-applicable extra credit. Besides, I enjoy this more than the boring test grading anyways. that and failing someone who finds me attractive isn't my idea of fair." He grinned.