I confess I hadn’t thought much of Yorbez to look at her, but when it comes to fighting, it isn’t always the most fit-looking geezer that wins. Yorbez was only fast when she had to be, and then it was blinding. When she fought Malk and the younger Spanths, she ducked, reversed directions, cracked knees, got behind her adversary, all while never seeming terribly bothered. You couldn’t put your finger on why each exchange ended with the other eating wood; it looked like luck, but of course, it wasn’t. She just seemed to casually fall into place where she was supposed to be and feed the other one
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