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The Matriarch is strong. She is incredibly fast and agile. Most importantly of all, she can fly. What chance do normal ground-trapped fighters have against her? It turns out, more than zero.

Two more important downsides of harpy biology Zaerine has studied. One- the arms and the wings are the same limbs. To cripple one is to cripple them both, which means a huge disadvantage for the bird. Losing one of your primary grappling limbs AND your main means of locomotion is going to put anyone on the back foot. And speaking of foot...

Once restrained to the ground, the Matriarch has an even bigger problem. Her feet are 3-toed and clawed. They are not meant to be a main means of movement. They're meant to be used how she has traditionally used them in the ring, snatching helpless victims into the air. Once forced to try to move around on these claws, she's going to struggle to keep up with a foe. She's going to struggle to keep up with herself!

Zae aimed to capitalize on that as she escaped the brief hold the Matriarch had trapped her in. Kicking herself free, she whipped around and flung the harpy into the ropes with all the force she had. Normally, she would simply flap her wings and sail up and around for a devastating return. Now, though, she could do nothing but clumsily stumble and try her best not to simply topple over as she bounced back towards the center of the mat.

Right into Zaerine's full powered boot.