"Mm, that's how sensei does it, that's how America does it...aaaand it's worked out pretty well so far." She shrugs. "Been on both the sending and receiving end of that. Seen it in action. Law of the jungle, kick ass or have your ass handed to you on a silver platter with parsley and a white wine reduction." She stretches her back. "Seriously, 's saved my hide more than once."

Then she looks down at her armor. "Yeah, I'm gonna need to scrub this up, too. I'd catch all kinds of hell if I left it like this."