Talk:Tyrian/@comment-29933641-20161213032131/@comment-9090085-20161213091328

You know, he could been aiming to sting her in the eye.(he did want to do that in place of Cinder, right?)

I know that sounds like it would have a high chance of killing her, but I imagine he's skilled enough to poke out her eye without accidentally puncturing her skull.

And the reason I believe this is because... well, let me tell you a story:

Back when I learning Kendo, I had a bad habit of raising my bamboo sword in an overly-dramatic fashion which would leave me open to attack. My instructor had a novel way of getting me to stop: he would swing his bamboo sword at me, and almost hit me in the head, whenever I raised my sword wrong. It worked.

(This is also why I'm skeptical of "real life" blade catching; it wouldn't too difficult for a skilled swordsman to fake it, after all)