[He manages to dodge that one, by stepping back. But there's not much place to move. It's too small a space. Dodge-and-counter is a bad style to use down here, but it's all he's got against someone bigger than him with high stamina.

Still, he tries. He aims to disable a wrist with his next move, and at least he has the benefit of not holding back. There's none of a hero's fear of hurting people here. There's no filter at all, a bit of mental instability that helps offset his size.

Unfortunately it's not going to do a lot in the long run. He can hear the rumbling of a shifting wall, and the ground shakes enough to make him stumble just after he strikes. What was an open way behind him is now a dead end -- just another few feet. There's nowhere to go.]