Oh, she was going to be plenty aggressive; she just refused to take his bait. It wouldn’t do to be too predictable; someone needed to keep him on his toes, after all. And she did need to work on her patience. Might as well try a bit of that now.

She lets him knock her blade aside and drops under the long sweeping strike he swings at her before rising up and blocking the slash of his blade, violet blade humming against blue. She can’t help but give him a crooked smile through their crossed blades, before moving to shove him back and following it with a sweeping slash.