Star Trek: That Which Divides
“Her opponent grinned as he pulled his staff back, holding it with both hands across his body while sidestepping from left to right as he searched for another opening. Gritting her teeth to force back the pain from her hand, Vathrael turned and maneuvered to keep her adversary in front of her.
“Very nice,” she said, returning the smile and nodding in approval. If the lirash had been the actual weapon with its bladed head and spiked base, rather than the wooden replicas used for training, she mig...ht well have lost her hand during that attack. As it was, Vathrael could see where the pale green skin across her knuckles was already beginning to darken.
“Thank you, Commander,” replied Terius. Perspiration ran from the centurion’s face and down the bare skin of his muscled chest, the only outward sign of exertion that the younger man displayed. Vathrael felt her own pulse racing and her breathing coming fast and shallow, the first signs of fatigue beginning to assert themselves. The sparring match had already gone on longer than she had anticipated, her poor estimate of the time needed to dispatch the centurion made worse by her gross underestimation of her weapons officer’s prowess.MoreLess
“Very nice,” she said, returning the smile and nodding in approval. If the lirash had been the actual weapon with its bladed head and spiked base, rather than the wooden replicas used for training, she mig...ht well have lost her hand during that attack. As it was, Vathrael could see where the pale green skin across her knuckles was already beginning to darken.
“Thank you, Commander,” replied Terius. Perspiration ran from the centurion’s face and down the bare skin of his muscled chest, the only outward sign of exertion that the younger man displayed. Vathrael felt her own pulse racing and her breathing coming fast and shallow, the first signs of fatigue beginning to assert themselves. The sparring match had already gone on longer than she had anticipated, her poor estimate of the time needed to dispatch the centurion made worse by her gross underestimation of her weapons officer’s prowess.MoreLess
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