The lunge was somewhat surprising, though not unexpected, and he managed to catch and fling the heavy dragon back. The second lunge, however, was where Caiaphas decided to go whole hog, and gamble, mostly because the bastard had thrown himself completely at the human before him, rather than just a lunge. He didn't try to catch and deflect the dragon, or throw him back again, his muscles were aching from the unexpected exertion. He was in shape again, but the fight was using muscles in ways he hadn't trained them in, so he was hurting from the top of his head all the way down to his toes. He was going to be aching all over tomorrow from muscles that had been overexerted, and he figured his left shoulder was probably strained, if not actually hurt from throwing the dragon back. So he brought the sword up, slamming it against the magical edge of his shield, and braced it against the ground, dropping to one knee to get it position properly, angled against his leg. It was an improvised pike, and the dragon should go all the way to the hilt of the blade. If he managed to get it to hit correctly. He was, however, ready to release the blade and roll away as soon as the dragon seemed to be heading for impalement.