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Ellis noted the disarm as Katsu performed it, definitely above the average Meister of his rank in the combat skills department. She felt herself being let go, probably because Gray had noticed a danger to himself that she hadn't. That arrow from earlier had taken its toll, she might have been able to do something to rid the need of her being dropped if that hadn't worn her a bit. She felt her blade end sink begin to sink into the ground but reverted to human form before that could happen. If one looked closely they'd notice that she'd begun to tire slightly.

"Nice disarm Katsu, I really wonder if those are your specialty," she commented as she adjusted her glasses. She made no attempt to move, were this live combat she'd have raced right back to Gray and resumed. But this was a duel, an exercise to test the capabilities of the students. "Don't worry kids, I'll be a good weapon and stay right here until retrieved, Gray should be able to manage just fine until then." This wasn't a taunt, but a simple statement of fact: Gray should not need her for a fight like this. Once they learned a bit, and especially after the students learned how to Resonate it'd be an entirely different story. She used this as a chance to look around and observe the other students. Most of then seemed to be watching the duel with an extreme amount of concentration. As if they were trying to memorize how they're Professor fought and defeat him later with the data acquired from this one fight. She liked the attitude, if the thinking was a little on the naive side...but the crop this year was definitely well above average.

In particular, she found the pair that had fired the arrow into the fight noteworthy. Primarily because she'd felt their attack first hand, their drive to simply win was also interesting. But most of all, it was the simple fact that she felt that they were staring at her...something she wasn't overly comfortable with.