This is Me

[Nhysa]

He did not even wriggle. Perhaps he did not fancy his chances. Yet despite the fact Li presented no kind of challenge, Nhysa’s smile was perfectly smug, if only for the preference of her current view. She did not desire to hurt him, and likely she would have done just that had the fight proceeded in earnest -- though certainly she would have intended to make it up to him afterwards. He was no delicate flower, but she was a trained killer quite absent the moral boundaries of more ordinary souls. She’d warned him several times he could expect no quarter.

“The lady might not always be right,” she said languorously, her gaze making a very thorough inspection of the prize beneath her. “But Li, my dearest, she always gets what she wants.” She laughed, and was not particularly subtle with the salaciousness of it. Yet she did not lean closer. 

”For now, you have an oni to track down, and I have a day job to attend to. Unless you plan on convincing me to stay a little longer.”