10-05-2020, 10:21 AM
Li laughed. "Cheated? How do you figure, dear one?"
He stood up and looked at where the boy had been. "You think I orchestrated that boy coming in here and distracting me with his talent and for what to let you win without a fair fight?" Li chuckled. "If I wanted you to win like that I'd have yielded and just agreed to take you to see an Oni. Not that I know where to find one with ease, but the boy might." A tinge of guilt flickered across his face. He had done exactly what Nhysa accused him of, treated the boy like he was a piriah that the Atherim thought they were. He smirked. "Do you think I don't want to hit a girl?"
He stood up and looked at where the boy had been. "You think I orchestrated that boy coming in here and distracting me with his talent and for what to let you win without a fair fight?" Li chuckled. "If I wanted you to win like that I'd have yielded and just agreed to take you to see an Oni. Not that I know where to find one with ease, but the boy might." A tinge of guilt flickered across his face. He had done exactly what Nhysa accused him of, treated the boy like he was a piriah that the Atherim thought they were. He smirked. "Do you think I don't want to hit a girl?"
“What you must do," said Monkey, "is lure the monster from its hiding place, but be certain it is a fight you can survive.”