[Once that wall goes up, Kimblee takes a moment to calm himself down, to catch his breath; he paces for a moment, clenching his fists at his sides before releasing them, knowing that if he doesn't then his muscles will start to lock up on him a bit - he doesn't need his body resisting movement any more than necessary.
It would be easy for him to take that wall down; the Stone within his body makes that more than possible, and he'd be capable of creating a path of destruction wide enough to take Armstrong out regardless of where he is on the other side of it. It would be so simple; he's used to how the Stone feels, how to draw upon it fully.
At the same time, he doesn't want to. The Stone generally only comes into play in individual battles when he doesn't feel like fighting, either through disrespect for his opponent or having something more pressing to do than wasting time on upstarts; he isn't inclined to disrespect Armstrong in that way.
No, this is going to be a fair fight.
The options, then, require some weighing; the most efficient way to deal with that wall is through direct contact, but putting his hands on it runs the risk of putting himself entirely too close to Armstrong on the other side of it - furthermore, it's giving him projectiles, and he would really prefer to not take an Armstrong-shaped bust to the face, as that would be a rather humiliating way to go out.
He could always attempt to take out the foundations of it through the ground, but that would slow his reaction time...
He brings his hands together then, quickly, sending out another of those whips of energy through the air, a strong explosive shockwave that would detonate on impact. It's still going to give Armstrong potential projectiles, but his reaction time won't suffer nearly as much and he'll be able to move in order to avoid what's thrown at him before he can get another of those blasts off.]
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It would be easy for him to take that wall down; the Stone within his body makes that more than possible, and he'd be capable of creating a path of destruction wide enough to take Armstrong out regardless of where he is on the other side of it. It would be so simple; he's used to how the Stone feels, how to draw upon it fully.
At the same time, he doesn't want to. The Stone generally only comes into play in individual battles when he doesn't feel like fighting, either through disrespect for his opponent or having something more pressing to do than wasting time on upstarts; he isn't inclined to disrespect Armstrong in that way.
No, this is going to be a fair fight.
The options, then, require some weighing; the most efficient way to deal with that wall is through direct contact, but putting his hands on it runs the risk of putting himself entirely too close to Armstrong on the other side of it - furthermore, it's giving him projectiles, and he would really prefer to not take an Armstrong-shaped bust to the face, as that would be a rather humiliating way to go out.
He could always attempt to take out the foundations of it through the ground, but that would slow his reaction time...
He brings his hands together then, quickly, sending out another of those whips of energy through the air, a strong explosive shockwave that would detonate on impact. It's still going to give Armstrong potential projectiles, but his reaction time won't suffer nearly as much and he'll be able to move in order to avoid what's thrown at him before he can get another of those blasts off.]