The crowd cheers; they seem just as impressed as I am. What’s really odd is that Frederick doesn’t counterattack. Kate clearly doesn’t care about that and goes in for another round. She’s moving more frantically. What she’s doing reminds me of how a martial artist would look in a sped-up and slightly pixelated video. All I see are limbs and legs, all aimed at Frederick, but none of the effort is doing Kate any good. She strikes at his head, and he dodges in that same lightning-fast manner. She tries to kick his leg, and he does something that, again, is too fast for my eyes to see. All I witness is the end result: Frederick is not there for Kate’s leg to kick. How does he do that? Throughout the fight, I don’t really understand his strategy or technique. My suspicion that he’s toying with her gets stronger. He seems to be giving the crowd a good show. Kate executes a barrage of attacks, her limbs reminding me of a jackhammer that’s been carefully programmed to follow some strange, mathematical pattern.
