The kick caused Tanya to slide back but she stabilized herself soon enough only for her to be on the receiving end of yet another blow.
Reality warped and their positions changed so that Therese's punch missed.
The Dreg woman just smiles and made a tiny movement with her hand which smacked into Tanya's side.
*Bam!*
Tanya's eyes widened in surprise at the move which she had not expected her opponent to be able to make.
The Elemental Ordinance of water was better described as a fundamental ordinance of fluidity. A wielder of the ordinance of water can be very accepting of whatever comes their way while then proceeding to use it to their advantage by 'going with the flow'.
Therese's attack had not been too fast to follow, it had just been piggybacking on the latent effects of Tanya's reality-warping to attack.