It was one thing when that one woman threw him on his back when he grabbed her. That was embarrassing. This is something else entirely - alarming, frightening, unpredictable, unknown. Dixon tries to yank the shield back and it, trapped in the gold mass, just succeeds in ripping up the skin on his forearm against the leather straps.
So this time he kicks, trying to hit Phos in the arm to get that sword away - but with the shield incapacitated suddenly Dixon's unusual combat proficiency seems to evaporate entirely.]
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It was one thing when that one woman threw him on his back when he grabbed her. That was embarrassing. This is something else entirely - alarming, frightening, unpredictable, unknown. Dixon tries to yank the shield back and it, trapped in the gold mass, just succeeds in ripping up the skin on his forearm against the leather straps.
So this time he kicks, trying to hit Phos in the arm to get that sword away - but with the shield incapacitated suddenly Dixon's unusual combat proficiency seems to evaporate entirely.]