Locke Cole is not looking forward to this match. Not only is he facing a powerful mage, but he'll have to go against his natural instincts of protecting demure-looking women like Mia Ausa here. But Locke knows he can't be hesitating, now that he's come this far in the season and is within reach of another championship match. His big advantage in this kind of fight is his speed, and he'll certainly have no troubles running circles around a slow-casting mage like Mia. It's just a matter of wearing her down before she can pull off too many of her more explosive abilities. Alternately, he could always take a lesson from Zidane's handbook and steal her clothes, but that'd hardly be fair. It'd be incredibly awesome to pull off, but...
