Minsc thought, for a brief second, of playing the teacher and offering to call it a draw.

But he remembered that those lines, by the rules, were gone.

It was an interesting second of conundrum for a chaotic ranger in reform.

But a brief second, and the fighter won over everything. As Arthur staggered back, he quickly moved forward to close in on the distance, reaching for the boy's shoulders to hold him in place (or, rather, perhaps pull him into it a bit) and send a knee into his stomach.