Lake Rodney i will not be commanded.

it only occurs to praimfaya in the moments that she rises from the snowy ground that she has given up far too soon and quick. regardless though, she recognizes he has skills above her own and it has been some time since she's last sparred. there hadn't been time since her mother died; too busy founding and then leading roangeda. on the topic of her being more out of practice than she should be, praimfaya knows blodreina would whole-heartedly not approve. still... is it not better to admit defeat and live to improve and fight another day then to fight until your death? of course, this wasn't one of those scenarios specifically but this is how her tactician's mind works even if it does not fully align with how numerous past commanders felt.

my mother, praimfaya tells him with a soft noise of affection in her throat. it was how she earned the title of wanlida against her own commander in a spar. dirty as all get out considering at the time her commander had, had broken ribs but it was effective and praimfaya did not intend to let the usefulness of such a move go to waste.