fighting games are cool because you'll start to think you have a pretty good grasp on your character—maybe even take a little pride in it, start to showboat a little—and then a couple of noticeably weird occurrences in a match will send you down a rabbit hole that makes you realise you're an abject fool. A fool who's been been leaning on lucky counter-hits for a combo she thought was airtight.
Anyway, looks like I need to figure out more ways to squeeze damage/knockdowns out of my Baiken pokes