[ in the mines, in the boxy buildings of the estate, it's easy to get pushed into a corner — literally or otherwise. it's happened to david more than once; pinned, goaded into traps, trying to avoid traps and closing the distance sooner than he was ready for. ]
[ out here there's more room to manoeuvre, to push back. he tucks his head into a block when those fists come too close, keeps himself moving. when he feels like he's been backed up too much david does what he can to pivot, to turn them around so they stay in the same area instead of letting evan back him into the woods. trying to stay unpredictable in which way he moves because he knows evan's gonna key into a pattern if he lets one emerge. ]
Need your traps to do me, ey? Can't do it with your hands?
[ and for good measure: keep mouthing off. evan's already at a boil, not that it's hard to get him there, the hard part is making him so angry it makes him stupid. he lives in that rage, david's learned it also makes him better at thinking through it than one might expect. ]
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[ out here there's more room to manoeuvre, to push back. he tucks his head into a block when those fists come too close, keeps himself moving. when he feels like he's been backed up too much david does what he can to pivot, to turn them around so they stay in the same area instead of letting evan back him into the woods. trying to stay unpredictable in which way he moves because he knows evan's gonna key into a pattern if he lets one emerge. ]
Need your traps to do me, ey? Can't do it with your hands?
[ and for good measure: keep mouthing off. evan's already at a boil, not that it's hard to get him there, the hard part is making him so angry it makes him stupid. he lives in that rage, david's learned it also makes him better at thinking through it than one might expect. ]