Help Keiko dodge using your telepathy! (18 Faith)

Keiko couldn't see that slow-moving attack coming... but you could. There were no rules against using your telepathy to help your priestess. The only limitation would be how "in-synch" you and your priestess were at this point. Remembering back to how Keiko was when you met her in the shrine, attacking a training doll with your crudely-drawn face pasted on, you could imagine that the priestess would be a little hesitant to follow your orders. Still, you had to try!

You ordered Keiko to jump back!

To your great elation, she followed the command; her feet left the ground and her breasts moved just out of reach of that knife. Your heart jumped in your chest as you saw Sumin lunge forward again, her spiraled red-eyes flashing not with murderous intent, but something just as dangerous. You commanded Keiko to jump to the left, opposite of the hand holding that knife; those keen instructions got her out of the way of another attack. This proceeded attack after attack... you'd begun to sweat. It was as though you were playing an especially difficult video game, getting her out of the way of all of those increasingly speedy knife attacks. There had to be an opening to attack...!

Then you remembered: Keiko doesn't need an opening to attack. Her remote bits can do that for her! Thus encouraged, you advised her where to put your blades... you were beginning to feel like you needed some kind of dual-processing unit in order to help Keiko direct those attacks and also keep away from the knife's edge. Still, the battle of attrition was working: blade after blade slashed across Sumin's gear, while the enemy's own swipes came up entirely empty. Before too long, she withdrew entirely... all of those flashing red eyes had been torn off, after all. Your instructions to Keiko at this point were all but superfluous, because Keiko's vision was no longer being manipulated. Better yet, the judges had reduced Sumin's grade down to T3!

"Tch," Sopor clicked her teeth, biting one of her long nails irritably, before fixing her expression to its usual smile. "Katappashikara, don't you think it's better that you and your priestess bow out gracefully? Never allow yourself to be humiliated on live Ray-V..."

In the ring, Keiko's sword was trained on her opponent, but her eyes shot in your direction and a rare smile found its way onto her lips. "Splendid instructions, Katappashikara-dono! You have the reactions of a fighter yourself. It is a waste that you don't train your body," she expressed through telepathy.

You weren't sure whether you were happy or not about that back-handed compliment.

((Faith +2))

((Body +1))