Adrian quietly navigated the path between the partitions filled with flowers, lost in thought.
Now that his mind was clear, he could understand the reason he had lost, and it was rather practical. He had indeed underestimated her. No, it was more like her performance had exceeded his evaluation of her.
For a child to display such cunning and such foresight in the middle of a battle where one didn't have time to think, it was unusual.
'Maybe Ravian could've pulled something like that off, but that's doubtful too.'
When he was attacking her with punches and kicks at the start of the spar, he didn't feel the stone covering her skin. She must've created it after the physical exchange ended. No, maybe the physical exchange was the entire reason she created that stone armor in the first place.
All in all, Adrian was aware of the reason he had lost, and it had nothing to do with nonsense like conviction or dreams.
