I decided to split this one in 2, too!
What do you thinkk??
First part:
The lizard took another step toward him.
Raizen shifted his weight, sword angled low. The air around the beast rippled from the heat rolling off its scales.
"Don't let it get bored!" Atman shouted, amused from somewhere behind him. "They start inventing new tricks when they get too much time."
"Working on it" Raizen muttered.
He moved first.
A small pulse of Eon kicked through his legs, enough to blur his step. He dashed in toward the right side, not committing yet.
The beast tracked him.
It didn't twist wildly, like Raizen expected. Its head turned with him, body following half a beat later. The wings adjusted, throwing little gusts that pushed loose leaves across the platforms.
It wasn't clumsy. Quite the contrary.
Raizen slashed for the foreleg, going for the tendons behind the thick plate where he had cut earlier.
Steel met scale with a hard, jarring impact.
