[Shepard's comparatively slower to her feet - more bulk, more height, built for strength over agility - but she's quick about settling some comfortable measure of distance between them, chin high and nostrils flaring as she pulls breath into her lungs - as she settles into her heels and the curl of her shoulder comes down. A beat. And then they go again:
Parker's gotten better at not telegraphing where she's going, but this is all elbows and swinging knuckles. Not bad form, not sloppy footwork, just-- obvious. No strategy, just coming for her. She's quick to correct, to compensate for the feint - twists back with her hip and forward with her shoulders, surging into the open space of Parker's dropped shoulder. Catches it instead of Parker's fist, an easier kind of blow - comes down hard with the heel of her hand to pin her there, knee popping up toward Parker's gut.]
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Parker's gotten better at not telegraphing where she's going, but this is all elbows and swinging knuckles. Not bad form, not sloppy footwork, just-- obvious. No strategy, just coming for her. She's quick to correct, to compensate for the feint - twists back with her hip and forward with her shoulders, surging into the open space of Parker's dropped shoulder. Catches it instead of Parker's fist, an easier kind of blow - comes down hard with the heel of her hand to pin her there, knee popping up toward Parker's gut.]