It means I'll have to work even harder not to viciously kick your ass.

[Witches were ... Kind of a strange bunch to deal with when it came to offensive battles! But Nariko had to admit that they were definitely adaptive and strategic, so she was hardly underestimating the other woman so much as Nariko knew that she had a tendency to go overboard when it came to such things. ... It would be a while before she felt comfortable enough to do such a thing with Les, especially since it hadn't exactly been part of the original deal.

But weapons had been, and that's the most logical step before she ends up hearing a little more about her new student. Tilting her neck to one side to work out some of the strain, Nariko raised a brow.]

So, you didn't know about it your whole life? [Kind of surprising, especially given who their boyfriends were.]

Is there a reason you didn't ask for their help again?

[It's not hard to take a guess at why, and she feels a tinge of guilt about going near it but, hey, Les opened the door and by now, Nariko's actually a little curious. Not that a vampire could have anything on an immortal construct that maintained cosmic balance, or anything.]