<strong>Name: </strong>Henrik<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Top<br/><strong>Tagged: </strong>Shizuru, open<br/><br/>He had meant his point to stand on its own, and to show that he was familiar with the foe that every warrior must face sooner or later; fear. Perhaps, he had inadequately phrased it; it wouldn't be the first time he's misspoke. Regardless, her comment is not met with words.<br/><br/>Perhaps one thing the demoness would not expect is for Henrik to abandon his grip on the scabbard. The moment its pinned down, he lets go of it, and goes to move away; unfortunately, the magical weights burden his movements. The net result is that while she does, indeed, strike and bruise him, the blade would have had to travel<em>maybe</em>an extra inch. He was obviously attempting to get out of the way of the blade, but was just plain too slow to have done anything but delay the 'inevitable'.<br/><br/>Thankfully, this was merely training, and didn't go literally losing his head over the matter.  Still, at least he didn't freeze up when it seemed like death was imminent. "I intend to."<br/><br/>It is needless to say, but Henrik, being the deeply analytical person he was, and being familiar with quite a wide range of martial arts, did make note of how she moved, how she acted; how it seemed like she didn't even need to take even the half-second he does to think about what to do. It was pure, and clean. He also makes note of her use of Iado, though he wonders to what extent she is trained in that art, and just what aspects of it she uses.<br/><br/>In the end, he expects her to have blended together her own unique style from various other ones; taking what worked for her from various things, and tying them together neatly. Piece by piece, he'd have to watch her, and make notes, and deduce.  But for now, he was going to go back to his things, and settle down.<br/><br/>He was actually getting to be quite famished. He might have a natural resiliency that could astound many, but in the end, he's still a human; still needs calories to fuel the body. He'd take the rest of the class to just relax, and think over things.