[The bright trail of red would come, in time, when it would be for the best to remove the knife. Now wasn't it. Now would be giving Takasugi the knife back, and would be a haphazard removal that was sure to cause more harm.
Unfortunately, Takasugi was right, he was off balance just enough that the well-placed strike sent him tumbling. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem. Normally, he'd tumble to the side and push off the ground and end up back on his feet in a moment.
The problem with that was normally there wasn't a knife in his hand.
the hilt in his palm embedded itself in the soft dirt and twisted as his body did, scraped nerves and sent numb vibrations all the way up his arm sapped strength, landing him on his knees and curled over instead of back on his feet, a sound of pain and surprise just barely choked back.
Moving to pull it out of the ground made it worse, and he couldn't dig it out quickly enough to face Takasugi down so he switches tactics, again. Offers him a smile, a laugh that he hopes doesn't sound as nervous as it could.]
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Unfortunately, Takasugi was right, he was off balance just enough that the well-placed strike sent him tumbling. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem. Normally, he'd tumble to the side and push off the ground and end up back on his feet in a moment.
The problem with that was normally there wasn't a knife in his hand.
the hilt in his palm embedded itself in the soft dirt and twisted as his body did, scraped nerves and sent numb vibrations all the way up his arm sapped strength, landing him on his knees and curled over instead of back on his feet, a sound of pain and surprise just barely choked back.
Moving to pull it out of the ground made it worse, and he couldn't dig it out quickly enough to face Takasugi down so he switches tactics, again. Offers him a smile, a laugh that he hopes doesn't sound as nervous as it could.]
Ah- haha... My luck's run out, it looks like.