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The person seemed to come out of nowhere. Roman was stupid, letting down her guard to watch the two in front of her, she completely forgot about her backside. She felt the cool blade slide across her throat and let out a small snarl, twitching slightly against the steel. Her sealskin jumped in protest. Slowly, she rose out of her crouch. She was taller than the person behind her, but that mattered little it seemed. The blade stayed at her throat.
"I highly recommend stepping away from me," Roman hissed, her words coming out slow and clipped, as if she were talking to a person that was hard of hearing. "I don't play well with strangers. Especially those who are cowards." When her assailant didn't reply, Roman took a deep breath, centered her focus, and kicked out backwards with her right leg while throwing her weight backwards. It was a difficult move, and would unbalance both of them.
Rolling out from under the knife, the selkie ducked, pulling her new-found weapon in close to her body to prevent it from being torn from her grip. Coming up on one knee, Roman leveled her gaze at her assailant. A female. Pulling her lips back into a grim smile, the selkie pointed her weapon at her opponent's knee caps.
"You don't need your knees to survive, but I will readily take them from you unless you explain yourself. Now."
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