Neverwinter Forest miles outside of the eye of the storm

She had been so certain the dog would fumble and fall that she hadn't accounted for his sturdiness. Her charge was over-zealous and when he lowered his centre of gravity and lightly coiled his muscles to combat her, she hit him as though he was a cement block and it winded her. The fluidity of battle was disrupted as the Kesuk came to a complete halt with her flesh pressed firmly against his, and her hesitation was evident in the widening of her eyes, leaving her open to retaliation.

Brief as it was, the juggernaut-esque female rebounded as quickly as she could manage with a downward strike for the side of his neck with teeth bared in an ugly grimace. Though she didn't intend to spill any blood here, already the heat of fighting was consuming her, making it difficult to remember why she kept herself restrained... And it would have been easy to become accidentally carried away, all emotions aside, if Mordecai made a misstep.