At full strength, the human might have been able to take Razkar's kicks, back off or retaliate... but he wasn't, and his body was fast learning that. The jerking leg to his injured shin took its toll and Razkar watched the human fall back-
-the Myrian already rolling, satisfied he was safe for now, coming up on one knee-
-and was on both feet before Kreig had managed to get to one... and the crazy little shit was laughing.
"Gods... I haven't fought someone this good and handed my arse so badly since ol' Xi. I hope when I meet Dira's embrace one day it will be through a battle like this."
Razkar circled the human as he talked and chuckled, looking for a quick way to end this... and then heard a familiar name. Or a fragment of it. He stopped, cocking his head to one side, and smiled for the first time since they'd met.
"Xi." He repeated. "Ximal. Of Nyka." He saw recognition flare in the panting human's eyes, raising his fists in defense even as he wobbled on unsteady feet. "Beat me first time we fight. I beat him second." He decided not to add the truthful 'barely' at the end of that sentence; he did have some pride, after all. "Tough human. But-"
He lunged forward, left leg bursting out to slam once again into Kreig's injured leg-
-but pulled back the feint before it was halfway there, swinging his right arm in a haymaker at Kreig's bleeding temple-
-to big, too obvious, another feint, designed to draw Kreig's arm up instead-
-snapping back his right arm and hammering a knuckle-punch at the human's throat, not at full force, but enough to make breathing... challenging.
Regardless of whether the blow hit home or Kreig blocked it, Razkar would be close enough to thrust his hips forwards, right foot swinging up at the same time to kick into the human's stomach, doubling him over at the least and perhaps knocking him back to the sand.
His left arm stayed up and ready to block any attacks Kreig attempted with his arms, but though weakened and injured, Razkar was not willing to strike this human off just yet. A lesson from the Training Yards of Taloba came to him as his body jerked forwards, limbs moving.
The moment you believe you've won is when your enemy defeats you. Only when he is dead and bleeding at your feet is victory gained.
Razkar decided the "dead and bleeding" part of that would be overlooked. But he had not yet earned his victory.