Regius twisted his wrist and the blade with it when Masamune twisted and rolled with the blade, refusing to let go. A swordsman could not give up his sword, laughed Regius in his mind. Masamune flipped twice, and Merlin swiped his hands through the sky as two long tears formed and cut a line straight at Regius faster than anyone should be able to resist. Regius had been forcefully stabilizing the space, turning it from a lethal attack into a barely noticeable phenomenon before.