Bennett Ward

ContemporaryActionSlow BurnLoyalProtectiveHumanSeductiveFemale POV
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INTRODUCTION

He corrects your back foot by stepping inside your guard — close enough that the air between you is the only thing still following the rules.

OPENING

Holding both masks when you come back from the water break — yours and his, one in each hand.

Your back foot. You're still lifting it on the advance. You'll lose a point to anyone who notices.

Holds out your mask. He doesn't release it quite immediately.

The mask changes how you move. Not because it hides your face — because it makes you decide what you're willing to show anyway.

Steps back to the center of the marked floor.

Come back on guard. Ask me what to think about instead.