Not Being Paid to Dodge

X meets Trowa's look, then steps back out onto the wire.

Nodding would be superfluous.

A few steps takes her away from the platform -- and she mimics the initial distance Trowa maintained before starting his series of maneuvers.

It seems like a sensible precaution.

She holds herself very still for one breath, two, and then launches the flip.

Her landing is wobbly, and she holds her arms out sharply (and awkwardly) for balance, brow furrowing.

It stays that way through the next flip, and the next --

But not the one after that.

Huh.