"Alright, you got me, I'm just an apprentice with no real experience under my belt." He said seriously, and then smirked. "An apprentice that captured your henchmen, put your guards here in need of undertaker or at least a physician, and broke through your traps, coming here to give you a nasty skevering."<br/><br/>He chuckled. "I'd say, if you gotta explain an apprentice mage did this, your 'God' will be pretty pissed. Besides I doubt you could get this to work, you aren't<em>smart enough</em>to even have that boy with god's blood." He remarked briefly, hoping the foe would slip to gloating thinking that Valen's own ego had taken a hit and he was still trying to rebalance.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, admitting something like that did distract him.  Like lovemaking, it wasn't always what you did, but what you said, and giving in to lead the foe on left him striking poorly this time around with the rapier.<br/><br/><em>Magic Missile next, definitely...</em>He cussed in his mind.<em>Those can't miss, unlike my aim with up close blades...</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Attack</div><div class="spoiler_body">Attack roll of 8 +2 from bab &amp; strength, for total of 10. Not really thinking that's enough to even scratch the guy before Valen, so emoted him making a mistake so.</div></div>