[Best to avoid that kind of spin, than block or deflect -- but it needs to be finished quickly or it'll gather too much speed. Lloyd goes for Yuan from the side, Kratos from the other, but Kratos is watching and--

[There it is.

[Kratos leaps and his feet slam down on the swallow-blade's broad top, sending its near end cutting into the sand; his shield lashes out at Yuan's face and his blade drives in toward his chest.]