The queen acknowledged her and turned to watch the fight.
Cody tensed up as Todd entered into the arena, perhaps not expecting the commander to challenge him, but after the others had left, leaving the pair on their own, he readied himself. A non-lethal fight between the commander and any who wished to take his place one day was still serious business.
If he performed well and incapacitated the commander, he might decide to kill him and take his place here and now. If he performed poorly and the commander knocked him flat quite quickly, any chance of upping his rank at all any time soon would not be taken seriously for some time.
So ideally, Todd wanted Cody to fight well, but still needed to beat him.
Knives were to be used in this, and Cody immediately went on the offensive, circling around the commander and then leaping in. Todd had been watching Cody for some time and knew a lot of his tricks. Wearing a wraith down was impossible, especially these days when they were all healthy, fed, and strong. So how do you beat someone who's quicker and younger than you?
You use tricks of your own. And by that you fight a mental battle with him too. After all, any wraith who had not trained his mind as well as his body was not fit for any rank above that of basic underling.
And he drew first blood upon that mental distraction. Cody stepped away, wiping the thin black cut on his face with the back of his hand before attacking again. Todd didn't let his first victory go to his head though. Now Cody would be expecting such an attack and he'd be less likely thrown off by it.
The queen meanwhile next to Rogue radiated excitement. A fight on her second day here, must have been a record.
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Cody tensed up as Todd entered into the arena, perhaps not expecting the commander to challenge him, but after the others had left, leaving the pair on their own, he readied himself. A non-lethal fight between the commander and any who wished to take his place one day was still serious business.
If he performed well and incapacitated the commander, he might decide to kill him and take his place here and now. If he performed poorly and the commander knocked him flat quite quickly, any chance of upping his rank at all any time soon would not be taken seriously for some time.
So ideally, Todd wanted Cody to fight well, but still needed to beat him.
Knives were to be used in this, and Cody immediately went on the offensive, circling around the commander and then leaping in. Todd had been watching Cody for some time and knew a lot of his tricks. Wearing a wraith down was impossible, especially these days when they were all healthy, fed, and strong. So how do you beat someone who's quicker and younger than you?
You use tricks of your own. And by that you fight a mental battle with him too. After all, any wraith who had not trained his mind as well as his body was not fit for any rank above that of basic underling.
And he drew first blood upon that mental distraction. Cody stepped away, wiping the thin black cut on his face with the back of his hand before attacking again. Todd didn't let his first victory go to his head though. Now Cody would be expecting such an attack and he'd be less likely thrown off by it.
The queen meanwhile next to Rogue radiated excitement. A fight on her second day here, must have been a record.