[Take a knee --? Kratos puzzles over that phrasing for all of a split second before he can't. It's reactive, when his sword slams down to protect his legs, and then slices up to meet Devin's blow to the other side. His eyes are abruptly fierce with approving startle.]

Better!

[This is much like Yuan -- everywhere, seemingly all at once. Seemingly. But Devin doesn't have a six-foot blade in hand, isn't bending momentum and force to his will to conserve his energy. He's a smaller target, however. Kratos pushes back, this time harder than he had been; still keeping place to force Devin to come to him, but relying on slashing tactics to force Devin to cut his speed or run into the cutting edge.]