[Necessity breeds skill. Bro may be his alternate-universe doppelganger but he never had to physically fight to survive from such a young age, and never against giant robots out for his blood. That kind of shit makes you get good fast or get dead.

He sees the kick and starts to dodge but it clips him on the ribs, just enough to send him flying backwards into a roll. He rights himself fluidly, as though he was expecting it, but Bro really did catch him off guard. Bro is faster than anyone else he's fought-- no one before has been able to stand up to Dirk's speed, not since he was a child.]