The opponent was quite a violent child.  
I remembered how painful his kicks were even through the costume I had been wearing.  

He was taller and bulkier than me, but there was no reason to let him push me around.  
After all, I had mana to surpass my physical limits.  

The real problem was our age difference.  
An adult couldn’t use mana against a child, no matter the situation.  
I had to handle this with words somehow, but it was unclear if the boy would listen to someone smaller than …