Mirage might be a shy type, but that doesn't make her a weak fighter. If anything, she's really skilled, even more than Leo, although he refuses to agree when Yariel or anyone tells him.
Not like Mirage would agree she was weak either.
She didn't wait for him to settle into a stance. She charged again, but this time she wasn't just swinging. She was using her superior reach, keeping Leo at the end of her blade.
She started weaving in circles, forcing him to keep turning, trying to make him dizzy or catch his foot on a root.
Leo felt the pressure mounting and decided to change his style.
Mirage feinted a high strike, then dropped low, her blade sweeping toward Leo's ankles. Leo jumped, but he wasn't fast enough to avoid the follow-up. As he was in the air, Mirage used her off-hand to shove his chest, sending him flying backward toward a steep embankment.
