Once they had finished their first two passes, he had an idea. He would have Whisper try to pounce, getting an edge and good height, hopefully dismounting his opponent.<br/><br/>However, as they started forward, barely two strides into the charge, he suddenly heard something tear and felt Whisper's harness shift, before he was on the ground with barely a chance to react. He picked himself up, not even slightly hurt, and strode forward, inspecting Whisper's harness, and found that one of her shoulder straps had ripped loose, the stitching finally giving way from the stresses that had been imposed on it. No magic, no cheating, just a single loose stitch in the assembly had caused...<br/><br/>He felt something tap the top of his helm, and looked up to find the Masked Warrior idly tapping the lance on the top of his head. He looked up, and blinked, suddenly realizing the rules had nothing against tapping an opponent that had suffered an equipment failure before the pass had completed. So there really was nothing preventing someone from tagging and getting points from an opponent in such a situation. And that head tap had brought the Masked Warrior to three points, giving them the win. "You know, part of me is trying to be utterly furious. The rest and larger part of me is simply saying, 'Well played.' So, well played, if only because I would have done the same thing."