Zabar let out a disappointed sigh as he dropped his right hand, shaking his head slightly as he did so. "You don't always get the horns when you poke the bull, I guess." He gave a slight chuckle as he locked eyes with Nathan from beneath the brim of his hat. "That's somethin' we should both keep in mind." He flashed a quick smile and lifted his right hand up to place against his hip before quickly pulling it away with a short "Oh!" and cycling the chamber around to the ice dust. "Nearly burnt myself there!" He said with a soft laugh as he took another step toward Nathan.
He paused there for a moment, just a moment, as he took a good hard l]ook over his opponent. He seemed to be around the same height as Zabar, didn't seem to have any pouches other than the one, but then again he didn't get a good look at his opponent's back yet. Could be hiding something under the coat, but that would take longer to access than just having it on the outside like the visible one. The staff itself wasn't anything special aside from the dust effects, even through the gauntlets he could still feel some of the heat radiating off of that thing and the tingle of the electricity.
"Alright!" Zabar sound loudly, breaking the silence between the two. "Hows about this?" He lifted both arms up and pointed them slightly to the right and to the left of Nathan, taking another step forward in the process. "You fight back, you come right at me. Run to the left or the right and I can promise, it won't be too hard at all to catch you with some ice." He took another step forward, the smile on his face turning slightly into more of a smug look. "Or you can keep taking a step or so back every time I step forward and I can corner you against the edge of the arena, and I don't think either of use want somethin' that simple... So. What's it gonna be, Nathan? Left, right, or center?"
Zabar took a third step forward, tensing up his arms in preparation as a thought crossed his mind, bringing him back to his match with Juno. 'Left. Right. Center... or above...'