If Dust didn't trust her... Okay, to be honest, if Dust didn't trust her literally nothing would have changed, from coming along to catching her to getting in this fight. He ran according to his own principles, after all, which had very little room for treating someone poorly under these circumstances. But he did trust her, so no worry, Jude.

Really no worry. Dust in combat was a very different beast than Dust in a spar; he whirled around the statue like a gust of wind, massive sweeping strikes combined with athletic displays. The special blades bit into the stone with each slash, and he had the statue's full attention thanks to that.