Trained to react to dirty fighters

The blade snapped in half and Larten tossed the useless hilt away.
He had trained to fight with his bare hands, so he wasn’t overly concerned,
particularly since Randel’s knife remained wedged in the tile.
Larten got a hand between his face and Randel’s and pushed.
Randel tried to chew Larten’s fingers, but the vampire
was too experienced to be caught out like that.

Seba, Vanez Blane and his other instructors had taught
him to be wary of the dirty moves as well as the legitimate.
Sliding his fingers away from Randel’s teeth, Larten jabbed at the
vampaneze’s eyes. He gouged one of them and Randel fell away, cursing.

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The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Palace of the Damned, Chapter 10