((OOC: The Hook kind of prevents things from not being capable of being rewound but hey, i'll roll with it.))
Just as Carl was about to finish his incantation, Jay placed a finger on the book. One single finger. "I've been taking it easy." He grinned, the book freezing in Time completely and disappearing from either of their grasps. He tied this freeze to the duration of their battle.
With that, the whole of existence seemed to speed up around Carl as Jay had slowed his opponent.
The Templar took a single step back to admire his handiwork, the now incredibly slowed magic-user before him.
He sighed, taking the Sword of Ages and nicking Carl's slowed down cheek; Drawing a little blood.
"First blood, my win bro." He smiled, unslowing Carl "You can try to magically break my freeze on your little book there, but in the time it'd take you i'd probably just smack you 'round with this bad boy." He patted his blade "You give up?"