"Then we'll have to see what happens." Cor taunted back, as though it wasn't really much of a challenge, and it was mostly in fun. He didn't exactly want to fight seriously now, but he too believed their ability to work together was far more important. It always had been.

Alas, he'd been a young man with a penchant for glory and that hadn't completely gone away, so a bit of a challenge never hurt anyone.

He smirked slightly when their blades clashed. "Come now Clarus, you'll have to push harder than that to take me down."

Not that, of course, he would but the game was all in good fun.