As Jurai had been leaving Aersilae and Fiona, he overheard Fiona's suggestion, and was a bit surprised to hear such a dark solution coming from such a young girl. But then, she was a medic, and what she was suggesting was in many ways similar to an amputation. Cut off the limb to protect the rest of the body. Unfortunately, they had few explosives in the city, so the best they could hope for was to do some minor damage to the walls. Still, it would force the demons to waste time making repairs...<br/><br/>Jurai watched Shizuru as she calmly prepared for battle. And as he did, the barest hint of a smile crept onto his face. Good. This woman wasn't an utter fool like she sounded when posturing for her troops and calling out threats like some cut-rate showman. Now this would actually be fun. As they faced down, Jurai could hear the reinforcements he had called for on the way, leaving him free to focus on Shizuru herself while they dealt with the demons opening the gate. Still, they had better hurry, or that gate would be open before long.<br/><br/>Jurai slowly circled closer to Shizuru. As a master swordsman, he could almost see a bubble around the demoness representing the reach of her weapon. And he could see that given the relative lengths of their swords and arms, his own bubble was a bit larger. So he positioned himself such that she was in his field of threat, but he was not in hers. His reach advantage was not insignificant, as his sword was quite long, and his arms slightly longer than her own. He mentally ran through a few of the weapons he had on his person: his sword, his knives, the small wakizashi located on the small of his back, and a few other weapons hidden on his person.<br/><br/>Jurai finally struck, a short, diagonal cut aimed across the demoness' torso, more probing her defenses and keeping her at range then really trying to kill her. Still, Jurai was startlingly fast, and if Shizuru did not react very quickly, she would still end up with a nasty gash. Jurai was a cautious fighter, but he was still eager to spill blood just like any other orc warrior.