The ringing of our swords had not yet reached my ears
when I felt his assault upon my mind. I divided my concentration between
rebuffing his mental sorties, parrying his blade, and combating his footwork with
my own. When there was stalemate in two of those arenas we battled in the
third, until by some action one of the stalemates was broken, throwing us back
into wild melee. My mental defenses were first to slip and I was stunned for a
moment. My belly tightened for an instant and I gasped when the blue blade
slashed white-hot across my arm.
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