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Tijae might have appreciated her own movements, had she the time to, or even realized what she was doing. It seemed to come from somewhere within her, possibly bound to those forgotten memories. Due to this, she was easily distracted.

As he was drew back a step, Tijae fell into his plans unintentionally as she took a step backwards herself, not realizing that there was a wall behind her only a few paces back. She had extra senses, but they were still new enough that she couldn't usde them well while fighting with someone.

As the first blade came back in for another blow, she moved to defend with the blade of the maki, wincing at the pain in the shallow cut that was caused by the movement. Shallow it may have been, but Tijae was still fairly new to pain. But she would work through it, her left hand gripping the staff like weapon near the bladed edge, with her shadowed arm holding near the bottom as she ducked down, unintentionally avoiding the jab beside her head and slamming the blunt staff into his side as she pivoted and aimed to get on his side, so she could break free and run.


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Long swords aren't really meant for hurling through air, so Tijae wasn't really expecting it, but the 'man' had already proven himself capable of doing things even most Gaians wouldn't be able to, and that worried her, so even running away, she wasn't going to run blindly ahead, instead her head would turn sideways as if to watch him while she ran, one of the few abilities she had figured out was that in darkness, she had a greater peripheral vision than most people. And that helped her avoid that sword he threw at her, although she kept running even after dodging it.

She was scared and between that and the pain, she wasn't doing so hot. Maybe if she knew how to use the abilities that Pho and Pha said she had, it would have been different, instead she was merely running for her life, but she'd be damned before she'd call for their help.

"Promise not to kill me and I'll stop", Her thoughts echoed through the shadows to where even KB could hear them. She wasn't sure how she'd got that ability, but she would comply with that though. It hurt to run, even if she had abilities, she couldn't use them unless the memory pushed to the front and allowed her to.

She wasn't sure why but the whole thing smacked of something personal. It was one thing to chase a meal, but to do it with such monstrosity, that was beyond her current understanding, although it was something that Pho and Pha had mentioned. That she had been worse than anything she could imagine. Maybe she was wrong though, maybe it wasn't personal and she'd die before she could find him again. "NO!"

That too echoed through the shadows as she stopped and turned around fully. She wouldn't run, she'd be scared, but she knew that redhead knew something about her, just like she knew she used to be a lot more than she was now. She would not die by the hand of some blond GQ model. She looked back and realized she had gotten further ahead of him than she expected. She had a moment or two to regain her composure. Was she faster than she thought as well?

Acacia felt relieved to see him come out looking like he was fine but worry was still written on her face as he looked at her. He seemed very casual about the whole thing of coarse neither wanted to make a scene.
"I'm fine I was more worried about you, there was black stuff on the table from your arm, are you hurt?" She pushed his coffee to him, wanting to move closer again but decided against it. She still wasn't sure what happened, it was over so fast she was confused and she still felt a little startled.
"What happened?"

Acacia looked slightly relieved when he assured her he was fine and inched ever so slightly closer in her seat to listen to his explenation. It was possibly the most morbid thing she'd heard all day even though he sounded sort of cheerful while he said it, her expression was puzzled and sort of wide eyed making her look slightly adorable, especially when one of her ears twitched. Finally when Maximos grinned bashfully and said she scared him she couldn't hold back a small giggle which grew until she stiffled it with a sip of her drink.
"Imagine a tall guy like you being scared of little me." Acacia was anything but intimidating, at a height of only 5"4 and weighing only 105lb she was overall very small though she did have definite muscle definition. She smiled and leaned in closer to him again smiling sweetly, almost bordering on flirtatious.
"I'm glad you're okay."

Those ears, the way they twitched. The look on her eyes, that puzzled wonderment. He regretted the fact his scarf was missing, it could hide blush so very well. As opposed to his pale skin which let his rosy cheeks show so very clearly. So instead, he tried to laugh off his nervousness.

Indeed. Imagine, that! Hehehaha.

Which was about as see through as can be, and so he immediately grabbed the cup, trying to drink away the blush. Which of course, as she came closer...failed horribly. He put down the empty cup, his cheeks He was entirely too naive to pick on the almost flirtatious vibes, though he could tell something was up, and it made his cheeks about as red as the blood in his veins. Though he didnt pull away at all.

"I just want... a nibble." He concluded, nodding to her to enforce the sentiment. If anything creatures of the night were masters of the silver-tongued art, and so he would seem quite sincere. Not that he expected this lovely little morsel to trust him, but a devilish flick of the wrist brought the blade to bare in a charming display.

It would vanish similarly to that before it, but in its place would be a simple gift. A freshly trimmed rose of the white variety, to break both his color-scheme and the cliche'. With any luck the girl would understand the symbolic nature of the color he'd chosen, and be somewhat less intimidated by his obvious desire for her. Sure she may have seemed young to most, but by KB's standards she'd long since expired. This monster preferred his meat younger, sweeter, purer.

Extending his hand he offered the flower to the far girl, though it was obvious he expected her to move to him. Were he to advance he'd surely make subtle mistakes, his feral posture still locked into his clammy and chilled muscles despite the attempt to appear more comely. "You have my word as a gentleman, I won't kill you." He vowed this happily, soft-spoken. He would not kill her, to kill her would be such a horrible waste...

Acacia took a long sip from her coffee, despite the warmth of the sun she still felt a little chilly and the warm beverage warmed her very core and made her feel at ease again. Maximos still didn't look fully recovered however, she could tell he was nervous.
"Are you sure you're feeling alright Mr.Maximos? You look flushed." She reached up to brush the backs of the fingers on her right hand against his cheek to check if he was warm, her fingers were cool and soft, they never seemed to warm up even after clutching her warm coffee.