[See, the thing of coming from above is that you stretch your arms when you hit the head. Kirin tried to wait out the strike and tried to side-step, reaching out with his sword to... well. Prevent her from holding onto that skillet for much longer. However, he rolled the blade in his hands, so that if he managed to hit him, he'd smack her with the flat side of the blade, rather than slicing off important bits like hands or fingers.

Maybe he was just trolling about the whole fight-to-the-death thing. Maybe.]