After several minutes of contentious fighting, Arad finally found himself managing to match Core's fighting style and speed. But even with that, it was extremely hard to keep up with Core's weird moves.
While Core seemed to be able to morph his body effortlessly, Arad, on the other hand, struggled to maintain his sense of self while constantly changing shape.
You'd think that only making his limbs longer wouldn't affect his mind, but it did, and it had quite the impact. His mind was already used to piloting either a draconic body or a humanoid shape; anything outside that range was quite hard to get used to on the fly.
To add to Arad's problem, he was forced to be in his void form to be able to match Core's moves, which only increased the stress on his mind.
But even through all of the mental load, Arad had still managed to hold his own against Core's dance and masterfully dodged most of the attacks while giving several punches of his own.
