[This isn't a fight to the death, a small voice inside tries to remind himself. This isn't like what it was with Dio. You can make it stop.
Easy, too easy, to lose sight of that. But there isn't time to think about it right now, not when Alucard presses in again to take the advantage. He's partially ready for the leg sweep because he's seen that trick before, and jumps it before it can connect to his ankle; he's not ready for the throw that, yet again, puts him on his back, and this time even more immobilized than he was before.
History repeats itself. Anxiety flares, and Star stops the world for him, and he struggles his way out of the hold in order to retreat, leaving Alucard where he'd been.
But again, getting out from under him means the necessity of moving him from where he'd been before Star had stopped time, which means in the instant it resumes, Alucard's world will have changed again, too.]
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Easy, too easy, to lose sight of that. But there isn't time to think about it right now, not when Alucard presses in again to take the advantage. He's partially ready for the leg sweep because he's seen that trick before, and jumps it before it can connect to his ankle; he's not ready for the throw that, yet again, puts him on his back, and this time even more immobilized than he was before.
History repeats itself. Anxiety flares, and Star stops the world for him, and he struggles his way out of the hold in order to retreat, leaving Alucard where he'd been.
But again, getting out from under him means the necessity of moving him from where he'd been before Star had stopped time, which means in the instant it resumes, Alucard's world will have changed again, too.]