[ Now Gamora really does look pleased, like he's passed some unspoken test or challenge that she hadn't meant to issue — but one she's glad he took her up on. ]
That won't be a problem.
[ She slides back into that attack posture, giving him the space of a moment before she moves in again. Gamora has always operated better at close range, so while this is far more her skillset than it happened to be Peter's, she's intent on passing on enough experience at hand-to-hand. She doesn't slow down from before, but she also isn't trying to slam him to the ground, by comparison.
Catching him once on the shoulder, she takes another sharp step closer, suddenly in Peter's space as she swings her other arm around to aim for his ribs again. She stops her forearm just inches from his side instead of slamming it into him.
Not easier, but not brutal. ]
When you counter, make distance and then close it. Force me onto the defensive.
no subject
That won't be a problem.
[ She slides back into that attack posture, giving him the space of a moment before she moves in again. Gamora has always operated better at close range, so while this is far more her skillset than it happened to be Peter's, she's intent on passing on enough experience at hand-to-hand. She doesn't slow down from before, but she also isn't trying to slam him to the ground, by comparison.
Catching him once on the shoulder, she takes another sharp step closer, suddenly in Peter's space as she swings her other arm around to aim for his ribs again. She stops her forearm just inches from his side instead of slamming it into him.
Not easier, but not brutal. ]
When you counter, make distance and then close it. Force me onto the defensive.