One of his swords is blocked by one of hers, the other one by an armored elbow with a muted clang that elbows just do not ordinarily make.

All this 'keeping your balance' business is leaving her dizzy, but that's okay! She still hasn't exhausted her repertoire of ways to cheat shamelessly.

Which is why, all of a sudden, her back sprouts what can only be described as a titan's bedsheets and she shoots upward with a remarkably loud, fluttering flap of new-made wings. Getting good vertical acceleration is always hell, but she gets over Zuko's head at least, and sort of flails downwards at him with swords which miraculously she still remembers about.