Draiss knew it knew him, and that it knew that he knew, and that he knew it knew he knew, and so on, so he hadn't bothered to ready a counter but instead dodging away, having a different idea. "So, this fight is going to be boringly long, or we can finish it right here, right now. A battle of our best killing techniques, the one strike kill ones. What do you say? Gamble everything on one blow?"<br/><br/>He put the tech armor and arms away, instead pulling out a single blade of balefire, as well as a sheathe for it. He slid the weapon into the sheath, as the mental representations for his magic items disappeared, except for his boots and gloves. He planted his feet, a bit wider than shoulder length apart, a very stable and powerful stance, but not able to react or roll well from it. He shifted the sheath behind him, holding it with his left hand just below the hilt of the blade, his right hand on the sword, before twisting about, until his back was to the shadow, his feet in a line toward his opponent, and his head turned as far as he could, keeping his eyes on it. "My fastest technique. It has yet to fail to kill the opponent, you know which one."<br/><br/>It was his flashstrike, his body's position and the power of his muslces making the strike nearly impossible to see, let alone dodge. However, the problem with it was that it was exactly what he had said. A one hit kill. If it missed, he was completely open, his weapon too far out of line to bring back in to dodge or block. "Shall we gamble all? Or would you like a long boring game of cherry tapping?"