The diminutive length of her weapons was a weakness exploited to the fullest. The longer blade was countered with his sword while the shorter quicker weapon was dodged mostly by benefit of the distance he was able to keep between them. Haytham kept her at bay but her hacking and slashing did keep him at bay too. There was no real way to do much but defend until her furious attack subsided... or a means to throw her off could be found.

"Those things you are seeing are not real! They happened in the past! It's over!"

With a quick jump backward he landed on the other side of the mop and pail left on the deck behind him by a careless deck swabber, Connor maybe? Whether it was or not he'd have to remember to thank them later as he managed to kick the pail when he landed right into Elissa's pathway, giving her the obstacle of a bucket to dodge and the soapy water to make the deck slippery.