( jason recognizes the training. the stance. how surely cain holds himself: arms close, feet spread, weight balanced. he's not just scrappy, there's something else, there, too. something deeper. but there's a reason he didn't immediately start swinging fists, either:
centering himself gives jason plenty of time to notice the way he moves a foot back to put more power behind it, how he starts to position his arm for a swing and gives him time to dodge it--raising his own arm to try and block that punch by holding his forearm out in front of it. feet move at the same moment, one holding most of jason's weight while he shits to dip weight to hook an ankle behind cain's legs, attempting to shove his heel into the back of a knee and knock him forward, closer but also off balance. it's not an extremely sturdy move; it leaves jason open, arms occupied and one leg holding up the majority of his weight, but.
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centering himself gives jason plenty of time to notice the way he moves a foot back to put more power behind it, how he starts to position his arm for a swing and gives him time to dodge it--raising his own arm to try and block that punch by holding his forearm out in front of it. feet move at the same moment, one holding most of jason's weight while he shits to dip weight to hook an ankle behind cain's legs, attempting to shove his heel into the back of a knee and knock him forward, closer but also off balance. it's not an extremely sturdy move; it leaves jason open, arms occupied and one leg holding up the majority of his weight, but.
he's gauging cain's reaction time, too. )