[And for a moment, it appears to be over. Gilgamesh appears to have achieved the desired outcome by pinning poor Asuna beneath him. He has his blade at the ready. He could cut her deep, or if he let go, he could even strangle her into submission. She was stubborn, he'd grant her that, but no human could hold out forever against deprivation of air. He has a sure path to victory, and now...]
OW!
[...and now, he's getting clocked squarely on the nose, rolling off in a hasty retreat and clutching his bloody face. He can't quite tell if anything's broken but it sure feels that way, though he refuses to do anything as pitiful as whimper. As a result, they both just kind of sit there as the Alfersa side-eye each other.
"Ah, I'd hate to say it, but..."
"Mm, he's a pig, but it's true."
"Draw!"]
D... draw?! Did you not see how I wrestled her down? I was on the verge of—
["Draw, you nasty ape! Be glad we don't pummel you ourselves!"
"Leave the lady be! In spirit, she was certainly the victor!"
Gilgamesh grumbles something under his breath, but it goes unheard and unheeded. The Alfersa rush to Asuna's aid and leave Gilgamesh groaning in the dirt. This was not what he wanted, not by a long shot, and yet... yet he's not as furious as he could be about it. If anything, it just confirmed that Asuna hadn't been wasting his time.
Asuna, definitively, was someone to keep an eye on. That and whoever had obviously been training her.]
smh
OW!
[...and now, he's getting clocked squarely on the nose, rolling off in a hasty retreat and clutching his bloody face. He can't quite tell if anything's broken but it sure feels that way, though he refuses to do anything as pitiful as whimper. As a result, they both just kind of sit there as the Alfersa side-eye each other.
"Ah, I'd hate to say it, but..."
"Mm, he's a pig, but it's true."
"Draw!"]
D... draw?! Did you not see how I wrestled her down? I was on the verge of—
["Draw, you nasty ape! Be glad we don't pummel you ourselves!"
"Leave the lady be! In spirit, she was certainly the victor!"
Gilgamesh grumbles something under his breath, but it goes unheard and unheeded. The Alfersa rush to Asuna's aid and leave Gilgamesh groaning in the dirt. This was not what he wanted, not by a long shot, and yet... yet he's not as furious as he could be about it. If anything, it just confirmed that Asuna hadn't been wasting his time.
Asuna, definitively, was someone to keep an eye on. That and whoever had obviously been training her.]