His blade snakes in and pierces Shawn's left forearm. The injury is slight but begins to bleed freely and as the two men reins blows on each other blood sprays the air in arcing droplets. Shawn feints for Burton's groin and then raps him hard on the temple. Burton staggers and then rights himself all the while maintaining his defenses. The wounds quickly start to tell and the blade and quarterstaff begin to move more slowly.
Defenses erode and both fighters begin to get careless.
Shawn takes two more cuts both to the chest and Burton's jaw is smashed and hangs loosely. Burton summons energy from some deep well that Shawn does not seem to possess. He mounts a furious attack wounding Shawn in the shoulder and piercing him clean through in the lower right side. As the blade enters Shawn turns quickly denying Burton's sword exit. Burton goes down in a heap, unconscious possibly dead.