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He did that after swinging it around to shake him off/bash him into any nearby environmental objects.
...Ivan, basic physics. Neo isn't holding onto that staff when Michael is swinging it and Neo around with Neo basically ragdolling.
Then he shouldn't have still been holding onto that staff before Michael retracted it.
...Ivan, you do realize that Neo should have been sent flying, unless he has the kind of grip strength that lets you resist being basically ragdoll'd, right?
...Why do I even bother...
Michael didn't even feel the kid tugging on the staff, instead sparing him an annoyed look while taking advantage of that wonderful thing called torque as he put his other hand on the staff and it close as he dragged one foot to the side, turning his body like it was the staff's pivot point, which it was, as he did so to either rip the staff from Neo's grip or bring him along with it before pulling it back, the staff shortening down to a length of eight feet as he brought it back before it lengthened back out to twelve feet as he brought it down on the kid, the staff moving far faster than it had any right to.
Sorry for not clarifying, but the staff extends/retracts too quickly for that.
Umm...Ivan?
Michael didn't draw it as a 12-foot long staff. It was a stick he could fit in his palm. The thing can go from that tiny stick to either an 8-foot long staff or a 12-foot long staff at will. Besides, where the hell would you fit a 12-foot long staff on your person?
Michael sighs, stuffing his hands into his pockets and looking down for a moment before withdrawing them, his right hand concealing the stick.
"Fine," Michael says, pointing the stick in Neo's direction, "You asked for it."
With that, the stick is suddenly a twelve-foot long staff. Unfortunately for Neo, he's only about ten feet away from Michael, and the stick was pointed at his chest before Michael changed it. There isn't enough force in the blow to impale him, but definitely enough to knock him back a fair bit.
"..." Michael just stares at the kid, "You...You're seriously...For Trinity's sake, are you seriously dumb enough to reject a free shot?!"
"And...afraid? ...You know what, screw this, this isn't fun anymore. You have to the count of three to make a move or I'm not even going to bother with making the point of how pathetic you are and just beat your ass into the ground."
Michael stares at the blonde, incredulous.
"Kid, what I said was simple. Take the first shot or it'll be over too quickly. I don't doubt that I'll see things in this city that I've never seen before, but nothing you can do will make that list."
Michael simply stares at the kid for a moment, incredulous, then laughs.
"...If you have a weapon or something you'd like to pull on me, now would be the time," Michael says, "It won't be fun, or even fulfilling, otherwise, unless you've got some ridiculous training in unarmed combat. And if you're about to tell me that your combat experience trumps mine, I say think again, kid. So go ahead, guns, knives, whatever. You get the first move. It'll all end up the same. Besides, the whole point of this beatdown is to knock you down a few pegs. I can hardly get my point across if you get the first move."
"And I'm done trying to get through to you, so I'm just going to sober you up a bit and see how well you fight," Michael says, making his way out of the Manor as well, "That sound fair? I don't care either way, it's been far too long, and you look like someone who really needs to be taken down a peg or two. Fair warning, whatever you're about to go through is what you would have gone through even if you were sober from the get go, so don't bother blaming your ineptitude on drugs."
I see Neo does not have the best reading comprehension, as I did not imply one of the options in my question excluded the other.
I kid.
To Neo: Do you actually have any respect for Yukina, or do you just think she's useful and a convenient broad, as she doesn't care for your choice of mannerisms and language?
