An example was how a blade would be drawn back slightly with the tip angled to the side, ready for a horizontal or diagonal cut.
What Ash needed to look out for most was the shoulders and the hips, or the rotation of them.
The lead shoulder would usually drop slightly, and the hips would twist during a wind-up for a cross-body slash.
Those were the exact pattern of movements that Ash had been able to see from Violet Reaver, who was closing in on her.
The swing looked like it was about to travel from the weapon side toward the opposite side, at roughly rib height.
The arc was wide and committed, leaving little room to escape from it by moving to either side.
The forward momentum and the powerful swing made it more dangerous for Ash, who would be caught in the danger zone with little room to step to the side of its path.
