The Sunspire Even flowers have their dangers

omg such neglecting *pets*
also have no idea how we are doing this, so I'm gonna roll with it and we can sort it out later >>

When she made contact, she failed to overbalance him, though she did manage to rock his stance a bit.  Instead he went for her neck, grabbing her by the nape.  Memories surfaced of play fights with her father, when he had shown her this very move.  Do not tear away unless you must... don't open wounds yourself, let your enemies work for it. 

Though instinct told her to pull away (and though she knew he would never break skin in this spar), this was to be practice and should be treated as a real fight.  So she attempted to bring her body up under him, hoping to tip him over and surprise him into letting go.