Ben does move eventually - he steps sharply to the side as Ibani is pushed towards his back, and lets her fly past him and his opponent harmlessly. She doesn't need his help there.
He switches his lightsaber to one hand, so he can continue to parry while looking at Daree and gesturing widely towards Ibani at her remark.
She's got a point.
The Mirialan is young, foolish, distracted by his anger enough to misread this as an opening, and when he tries to press it, Ben decides he's had enough. A twist of his own saber and the green lightsaber goes scuttling across the deck, leaving its wielder nursing a hand that's bruised from where Ben's saber hilt hit him sharply in the wrist, disabling rather than severing.
The Force sends the weapon further than it would normally go. Arguably it could be called back to someone's hand, but just once Ben is hoping no one's going to be that stupid.
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Date: 2020-08-05 10:37 am (UTC)He switches his lightsaber to one hand, so he can continue to parry while looking at Daree and gesturing widely towards Ibani at her remark.
She's got a point.
The Mirialan is young, foolish, distracted by his anger enough to misread this as an opening, and when he tries to press it, Ben decides he's had enough. A twist of his own saber and the green lightsaber goes scuttling across the deck, leaving its wielder nursing a hand that's bruised from where Ben's saber hilt hit him sharply in the wrist, disabling rather than severing.
The Force sends the weapon further than it would normally go. Arguably it could be called back to someone's hand, but just once Ben is hoping no one's going to be that stupid.