[He stops when Jade suddenly raised his hand and told them to call it a draw. Are you serious?]

Old bones? Ha, are you sure it is not you who is actually struggling? [Alexei felt like this was such a cop out, but he knows that they still have a battle ahead of them and it would be stupid to continue. Reluctantly, he lowers his blade.] We shall pick this up at another time then, Colonel.

[For two reasons, Jade actually kept up with him. He honestly hasn't fought like that for quite some time, particularly someone who is familiar with artes and such. The other reason was because he really did not like leaving things unfinished.]