It's a good thing he's not telling me to knock him down, because I probably couldn't. He's massive. I've fought the Juggernaut, and he looked like he could moved more easily than this guy. But maybe that's just the nerves talking. Tony called me Mr. Professional Hero, and sure, he was probably joking, but what I said to him in turn was true; I'm good because I know how to fight around my weaknesses. And this, right here, is a weakness. Instinctively, I take a look around at our surroundings, trying to see if there's anything I might use to my advantage, my brain working a mile a minute as I try to calculate angles and the best places to stick a webline, only to stop myself when I realize I have no webbing, and we're literally standing the middle of nowhere.
"I'm not stalling," I say, even though I am totally stalling, rolling back my shoulders, and shaking my arms loose. I make a big show of tilting my head from side to side. "I'm warming up my vocal chords. Besides, you just said there was no rush, I took that to heart, I'll have you know."
After one step forward, I stand perfectly still for all of a second. Then, pulling a face, I add, "But, I mean, if you insist."
I don't go for anything so obvious as a punch; he'll be expecting that. Rather, I start things off with a spinning kick that I'm already anticipating he'll block.
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Date: 2011-06-24 05:44 pm (UTC)"I'm not stalling," I say, even though I am totally stalling, rolling back my shoulders, and shaking my arms loose. I make a big show of tilting my head from side to side. "I'm warming up my vocal chords. Besides, you just said there was no rush, I took that to heart, I'll have you know."
After one step forward, I stand perfectly still for all of a second. Then, pulling a face, I add, "But, I mean, if you insist."
I don't go for anything so obvious as a punch; he'll be expecting that. Rather, I start things off with a spinning kick that I'm already anticipating he'll block.