Oh, I'm sorry, Robyn. The defense roll initially fell 4 short, but it spent the boost from defending so well against Esalu's attack to bring that gap down to 2 (and its total score to 4), so there was no boost granted. This works because of Eshalu's higher notice score, and her attack thus happening before Reliyian's. While the party's actions are compressed into a single chunk, they still do occur at different times.<br/><br/>Attack rolls actually work a little oddly in this way. On a success with style, you have two choices: deal full stress as normal, or deal stress minus 1 and gain a boost (so you gain a net of +1 total shifts, since the boost gives you +2 shifts that you can spend whenever you want in that combat).