[ Five makes a face when she tells him to stay close — who does she think took care of the first guards? — but he has to give her some credit for being quicker than he expected her to be. He complies initially just to see how she handles herself. It's easy to tell from the start that she's suspiciously stronger than the average person, and the pirates don't have enough skill to out maneuver her in the tight space.
Really, he could probably sit back and let her handle it, but he's not a child that needs protecting and they were in the middle of something. He sees two more bodies filtering behind them when he decides this will go faster if they tackle it at both ends. Once he's sure she's capable, he blinks to the opposite side of the corridor, axe swinging to bring a man down at the knees and follows through with a blow to the head with the blunt end.
Then he blinks again on top of another pirate's back and proceeds to strangle them as he wrestles them to the ground. It takes more effort not to snap their neck, but he doesn't want to scare someone useful away by being too efficient.
Which means knock them out as quickly as possible. The less chance they have to alert their crew mates the better. ]
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Really, he could probably sit back and let her handle it, but he's not a child that needs protecting and they were in the middle of something. He sees two more bodies filtering behind them when he decides this will go faster if they tackle it at both ends. Once he's sure she's capable, he blinks to the opposite side of the corridor, axe swinging to bring a man down at the knees and follows through with a blow to the head with the blunt end.
Then he blinks again on top of another pirate's back and proceeds to strangle them as he wrestles them to the ground. It takes more effort not to snap their neck, but he doesn't want to scare someone useful away by being too efficient.
Which means knock them out as quickly as possible. The less chance they have to alert their crew mates the better. ]