Boss Out of Town wrote:
Uh . . . so why didn't Sara time-fugue? Did Jon sucker her into skipping it by aiming the sod-off very badly?
She didn't bother because she knows that being airborn like that nullifies the time-fugue? Yes, I agree, Jon shot low on purpose, expecting to miss but forcing her into the air.
Boss Out of Town wrote:
Jon apparently fired low, causing Sara to jump---which she warned Chris not to do---allowing Jon, the slower fighter, a chance to duck under and inside her swing. Once he's there, his superior strenght gives him an edge. Concievably he can grab the dolan and throw her bodily at Warrel. Or, he can muscle she and the dolan to his left and impale Warrel while he's trying to figure out why his prize student is suddenly moving sideways.
In that case, it'd be very difficult not to jump. It is a sawed-off and even in 12-guage carries 9 pellets of 00-buck (.32 caliber). She could have taken one sighting of his aim-point and realised that the only way to
not get hit is to go straight up, like he wants her to. This is a case where he really took away all her immediate options. Jon is God, if he survives this.
BTW: If Jon had fired center-torso, there is no way she could have ducked at that range. He fired to manipulate, not kill.
Boss Out of Town wrote:
In any case, Sara is definitely trying to at least maim Jon. Too bad. He seems to have used his left gun hand as a decoy, then dropped the weapon to save his arm and pull it in for a grab at Sara's weapon.
I'm not sure about that. At this point she is reacting to her training and it has all been reflex. The fact that she delayed long enough to allow him to deploy his weapons should be indicative; of what, I don't know. Then again, Jon is a damned fast shootist.
The attempted strike on Jon, which lets him get his hands on her weapon, may also be trained reflex. A trained reflex that he's been counting on. Jon, if not the Gewehr, has been studying these bad boys pretty closely and it looks like the Esigerum hasn't bothered studying the Gewher. It also looks like the Gewher have been studying Jeet Kun Do or at least Jon has.