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Jesse was the last to eat. He made quick work of his meal, went and cleaned up and then decided to join the others as they talked amongst themselves about the things to come.

His mind was still torn between the events that took place not long ago, and those that took place weeks ago. But for the here and now, those things would have to wait.

With the others training, mainly Clarissa and Saieve, he found a spot next to a heavy bag where he took a seat to see how this would end. He thought that it would be a good thing for him to train some as well, but he left it for the moment, waiting and watching.

Helena only offered another shrug and looked at Clarissa. "Well, what do you think? I'm willing if you are." In all honesty, Helena was ready for another fight. The meal and shower left her feeling reinvigorated and more than prepared for another conflict.

Saieve thought for a moment, "Well...I would think we should practice without our powers, first, you never know when something like that will come up. Then we'll spend some time incorporating our powers into our fighting. Sound good?"

Saieve deftly stepped forward and to the left to evade the attack. He turned and placed his left palm against the back of Clarissa's head to give a little push to send her off balance.

"You've gotta think before you charge, if you're opponent's already waiting for you, they can easily counter you."

Saieve took the hit rather than block it and wrapped his arm around the top of Clarissa's arm and then underneath it. He held her arm, not painfully, but it could quickly get there if Saieve were mean.

"We're gonna learn about holds and grapples, next." he told her with a grin.

Saieve grunted when his foot was stomped on, but didn't release his hold. He did, however, untangle their arms when she sent an elbow for his gut.
He tightened his abs and leaned into the strike.
Because of their height-difference, Saieve had almost full access to her back.

Pressure points or joint manipulation? he quickly thought before flipping a mental coin.

He reached around her back and grabbed her left forearm and brought it around to her back and lifted. Not too sharply, but enough to cause some pain and cause her to turn her back to Saieve instinctively.

Saieve brought his other arm up under her free arm and gripped her opposite shoulder.

Saieve thought for a moment before answering, "Well," he said, "That's actually a pretty tricky one to get out of if you can't overpower the opponent, you could kick them in the shins considering they don't dislocate your shoulder first, but other than that, unless you can pull on of your arms free (preferably the one being held behind your back), or you have someone backing you up, you'd have to hope they screw up.

Oh! Actually, if you brought your raised arm down just right and hard enough (it would be best to continue to apply pressure) you could hit one of their pressure points and cause them to release you."

Saieve resumed his stance and nodded, "Let's go." he said. He waited for a few seconds, waiting for Clarissa to make a move. When she showed no sign of going first, Saieve took the liberty and threw a right straight for her head. It wasn't particularly strong or fast, just giving her something to practice blocking.