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what exactly blixen means by 'prove it' is unclear, even to herself. but it seemed like the properly authoritative thing to instruct. if he'd claimed himself a fighter she would have challenged him to some sort of spar -- she could, what, give him a message to run to morningside? no but she doesn't trust him enough for that, and she doesn't exactly want to go on a scouting trip with him. 

maybe she is thankful that he makes no effort to clarify what she means, then, even if it only further cements him as .. lacking, somehow. certainly. certainly indeed, edmund. the commander is frowning when she says "alright, then," giving an uneasy shrug at mallaidh and eastwood. it's on edmund to figure out what blix means by proving himself and to actually do it; she does not interfere with his passage into the territory, remaining where she is long enough to mumble to mallaidh and eastwood, "keep an eye on him with me," just in case, you know, her guess as to his harmlessness proves wrong. 

more or less... satisfied but not content with this strange turn of events, blixen makes her own leave.