FoxFireOfDawn said
Desdemona raised an eyebrow at him after studying the newcomer and deciding that he shouldn't be an issue for now. "Wish to start?" She asked him, stretching her arms and rolling her shoulders a bit. She glanced at the newcomer again, nodded to herself slightly and faced the small boy, smiling a bit.
The boy closed his eyes and stretched his arms out as well. "Perche no?" Once he was satisfied with his stretching, he straightened his posture and walked to the center of the room, turning once he got into place to wait for the girl to follow. As he waited, he took a moment to observe his new opponent, hoping to find something interesting before they began their duel. As it was, he still didn't really know what he was up against at all, and how much she could tell about him from what she could see. She had done something to that other boy without even touching him, hadn't she? What had that been?