[This time, Guy catches the butt of the staff in both his hands, attempting to use its momentum to drive her back and take her weapon.
A swordsman of many years now, he has only a rudimentary knowledge of hand-to-hand combat - enough to see him through, but there's no finesse to it, no art; only his quickness, his wits.
He's even worse with a staff, as she'll soon find out.
(Why hasn't he gotten around to joining the Defense Force yet?)]