He was getting bolder, something unguarded and raw in his eyes as he challenged her. For it was a challenge, no matter how he worded it, any fool could see that.

Perhaps she would lose, she was hardly confident in her ability to even continue talking with this creature let alone fight him, but if she lost then she would do so with pride. Blade drawing with a sibilant hiss of metal, she regarded him coolly.

"Then I suggest you stand en garde."