[The flat smack! of Parker dropping has a low level, satisfying ring to it. But it's not the same as dropping someone because she has to, not even the same as dropping someone for fun. Just a small vicious little surge of pleasure - fair for the blow to her kidneys - and then she's clamping down on it hard. This isn't a spar. Gets that. It's something else. Parker bumping up against some kind of wall. They'd been on Aqada a long time, hadn't they?
Doesn't mean Shepard has to stoop so low. So she cedes the space - one, two strides back - so Parker can get to her feet. And then farther. Another step. Moves well out of range, line of her back straightening. Shoulders rolling back out of that forward, driving curve. It's not really a fighting stance.]
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Doesn't mean Shepard has to stoop so low. So she cedes the space - one, two strides back - so Parker can get to her feet. And then farther. Another step. Moves well out of range, line of her back straightening. Shoulders rolling back out of that forward, driving curve. It's not really a fighting stance.]