He hissed sharply and instead of moving away, to escape as would be wise, he lunged closer, bringing himself well within easy striking distance even without the blades to do as much damage as he could. He could feel that they'd need to draw a close soon before one of them was too badly injured, as it was a friendly spar after all, but that didn't mean he'd back off just yet.

Even if he knew the attack he was about to get slammed with would hurt.