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Maybe Tom just thought he landed the blow, but James had actually dodged it earlier; Tom’s perception hadn’t yet caught up to the fact that he’d missed.

And then we would have the revelation that James’s Path involves creating afterimages to deceive his opponent’s senses or the ability to perform Invisible Moves in general—not just attacks—which would mean he could only be seen and countered precisely by Daniel’s Path.