/still fails just as much
[He had time to only get one quick charge off before he's sent flying backward, skidding on the ground as he used a hand dug into the snow to keep him from tumbling head over heels backward.]
[At least her left arm should be well immobilized now. Eyes growing colder as the odds tipped in his favor, Hei jumps back in for the attack, Tear's knife flying through the air straight for Shiki's face while his left hand spins out for a cut to her side. She was agile, probably too agile to outrun, but more pressing then that, she knew what he was capable of now.]