She chuckled at the move he had chosen. It was blunt, straightforward, and far too predictable. As the shell and blade neared her, so did he. Stopping on a dime, she kicked off backwards and launched herself back the way she had come. Her elbows and knees scraped against the cobblestone, as her landing was far from graceful, but it worked. The man would come down on the ground at the same time that his sword would come flying into the same location. The result would be both embarrassing and hurtful, he would stab or cut himself with his own sword. Not missing a beat, she jumped back up and charged toward the position where he was landing, knocking the shell out of the way as she brought her blade in for a cleaving blow. The blow was at the same basic height that the shell had been, meaning that if he had the same plan as she did in mind, she would just knock the sword away instead of killing him. Either way was a win in her book.