(Athletics: 5 skill, 0 roll. Spending his Off-balance to boost it by 2, but she still takes four. Letting her suffer a moderate consequence of... Concussion, for that.)<br/><br/>"The Avatar is<em>dead,</em>" she retorted, trying to dodge, but taking the blow full on. The sheer force of it knocked her backward, and left her ears ringing, as she struggled to find her balance again, and focus back on the fight. She knew this wasn't going well; she hadn't even hit him, yet, with anything serious, and could feel her injuries starting to add up. She fell into a defensive stance, more trying to regain her focus, for the moment, and hopefully tire himself out, trying to hit her.<br/><br/>(Full defense action, for the round.)<br/><br/>