Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27350660-20160330094943/@comment-27963514-20160330140710

To quote some random dude from Reddit (as in, I can't find a reliable source):

"It's a parrying stance. As someone stabs at her, she would bring her hand down and outward while spinning her wrist. This presses the opponent's blade to the weak part of their grip (between the thumb and index finger) as the two swords slide along one another. If the difference in skill is great enough, you'll disarm them, but at the very least you get a nice chance to punch them in the face. Taking that stance when she did makes no sense though, especially with a fish..."

I can't find this stance anywhere. I tried searching on a fencing forum to see if anyone had already asked real fencing enthusiasts, but they've got this weird security feature where I have to answer a random question about fencing to even view the forum... So yeah, that's all I've got. Chalk it up to Rule of Cool.