As Kalix reached the sword, he knew the young lady would be closing in fast. He thrust his hand down on the end of the hilt to test how deep the sword was in the tree. Since it didn't budge, he wasn't going to try to wresle it out with her coming after him. He turned around and positioned himself between her and the sword, taking a martial arts stance, but instead of fists, he had his index and middle fingers pointed outward.