[b]As the three are tossed backwards, the woman and the built man use their weapons to regain their footing, sinking her knives and his cudgel into the earth as an anchor. The third is pushed off the ground, but gains his footing with no assistance. he lands a few feet back from where he was standing.[/b] "If firm and directed to you is hostile, I pity your dramatized emotions. If battle is what you seek, then steel yourself."