Kai searched for the pattern.
Not the attack pattern — the response pattern.
The difference between the two was that one repeated and the other adapted, and Lira so far had shown she adapted faster than he could find new angles.
So he searched for something else.
He threw a low kick — the same as the first exchange, to the side. Lira twisted her torso five degrees.
Exactly five degrees.
Same as the first time.
He threw the jab to the center. Lira deflected with two fingers.
Same deflection angle. Outward, slightly downward.
Third combination — kick to the thigh, elbow to the shoulder with no pause.
Lira dodged the kick with a left side step. She took the elbow with two fingers.
Side step always left for the low kick.
Two fingers always at the same point for the elbow.
She's not adapting her defense. She has it fixed.
Why?
Because she doesn't need to adapt it. It's enough.
Kai processed it.
