"You still do, mostly. It's just that magic is faking biology for us. Or at least that's how I understood it."

"Fair enough."

Nod, nod. "So... Sparring?"

"Yeah!"

"Cool! Spears only at first. First solid hit wins a point, first one to three points wins the match. CLIFF!" Someone looks over. "Ref for us?"

"Sure."

Spear!

With a flourish, Chromadyne's appears too. She smirks, and-

Feint into an attempt to stab him in the upper arm. She's not really trying to score a hit at this point, just seeing how he responds.

By trying to parry and hit her. He knows time isn't on his side.

His counterattack is efficiently parried.

She grins and goes for the same spot, this time committing and putting more strength than someone that size should have behind it.

Okay now's just dodging.

Not for long until he's hit - sharp pain like fire, there's a red line on his clean white raiment - "Hold! Kaede, hit, left leg."

The pain fades rapidly over about five seconds. There's a curious sensation of strain in the back of his head now. A slightly different ache than his previous magic overuse. Not much, but it's there.

...he could get used to this.

"Smart to try to rush her. Prepare to resume," the ref-guy says, "Resume!"

Chromadyne pushes in aggressively. Perhaps overconfidently.

He ducks and tries to trip her with his spear.

This almost works! She hops several feet into the air and hovers there. 

"Penalty! Use of spell in spear-only contest. Point to Kaede."

Chromadyne blushes. 

He beams.

"I don't do spear-only much. And don't expect to win like that."

He doesn't score another point.

Oh that's quite alright he still scored a point against Chromadyne!

"That was fun."

"It was. Want to see how long you last with spells? I'll only use my first two."

"Well, my first one is completely useless for combat."

"I meant my basic elemental and my first actual spell. But, yeah, that's kinda is useless for combat."

Shrug. "Could try it anyway, just my elemental one?"

"You're on!"

She backs off some and dismisses the spear.

Two disks of white light appear over her hands.

...can he do that with his light?

...One ball of light that tracks his left hand?

Push a little and he can get two.