Liora
Tarin Voss lost the first point.
The people beside Liora seemed disappointed.
She moved closer to the rail.
A clean loss was often more useful to watch than a comfortable win.
Tarin stepped back to the starting mark and listened while the official named the touch. He did not look toward the spectators for someone to blame.
His opponent had reached the upper panel after making him turn too far.
Liora had seen the opening.
She wanted to know whether he had.
The first touch had followed a turn which looked reasonable until his opponent refused the space Tarin offered. From the rail, Liora had seen the rear foot reach too far before the guard recovered.
She held the position in mind rather than deciding she understood the whole fighter from it.
Tarin checked the marked panel, then looked at the strip of ground where his opponent had finished. He did not ask the official to explain the same point twice.
