I took a step back and forced myself to calm down, giving myself a moment to properly compose myself before looking at her again. My breathing was still a little heavier than usual, so I took another slow breath and tried to settle my thoughts before we continued the fight.
"You really are exactly what I've heard you are," she said while looking at me with an expression that seemed to mix surprise and excitement. "I honestly didn't think anyone could block that attack, but you actually did it. You blocked it with such seamless precision that I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing. Someone doesn't just do something like that casually, and even the Pirate King himself couldn't pull it off."
Well, if someone had been subjected to that kind of power, I honestly didn't think they would have had many options available to them.
