*Click*
*Click*
Both cards slid into the game board as the mechanism locked them into place, the faint sound echoing between them as the duo waited patiently for the outcome of the fifth exchange.
*Flip*
Self Explosion.
Defend.
Once again, it seemed like they had both chosen completely different paths, as while Mauriss committed to destruction, Leo had chosen restraint, as in that single divergence, the flow of the match shifted.
Before making this move, Mauriss had felt certain of what would come next, as from his perspective, the pressure he had applied, combined with Leo's increasingly fragile position, pointed toward only one logical outcome, which was a desperate attack meant to reclaim control, as it was exactly that expectation which had guided his decision to trigger a self explosion, as he aimed to punish aggression with mutual damage.
And yet, Leo had not followed that path.
