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"Well dammit, stop being so damn slippery then." Talae uttered something that might have passed for a snicker, except that it was stopped short and thus sounded more like a scoff than anything.

"Oh, of course. Sorry; allow me to make it easy for you." There was a trace of amusement on her face, even as her sword whistled harmlessly past his leg and became embedded in the loamy ground. Unfortunately, this did force her to stop, at least for as long as it took to pull the length of steel from the earth once more.

Ample time for Caine's hand to connect with her shoulder, then, and send her sprawling, the healthy squelch of mud under her back a sign that she would need to spend some time cleaning her armor this evening, if at all possible. "Damn weather, indeed." the weather certainly hadn't toppled her over, but what the hell? Not like there wasn't plenty of blood and Child-gore all over the leather anyway- mud was an improvement. Scowling, she shot the berserker a dirty look and lashed out with her feet, trying to catch him in the back of the knee-joints and throw him off-balance.

Not wanting to leave enough time for him to press his advantage, though, mean that she was rolling to her side and scrambling to her feet as quickly as possible. She debated fleeing a few steps backwards to regain her bearings, but that would serve her poorly in the end, and she ultimately decided on something else.

He seemed reluctant to move, understandably so, given the precarious footing they were both on, and the fact that it would probably be a great deal harder for him to get up than her, what with relative mass and everything. She was also aware that between the exertion earlier today and the unfamiliar weight of this particular weapon, she didn't have much longer to go before she slowed drastically and became less than adept at doing much of anything.

So she stayed in at close range, darting around to try and get at his back again, her swing less strong than last time, for fear it might end up immobilizing her again otherwise.