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Towhee's lips twitched in response to Wraen's comment and she replied, "Funnily enough, I have considered biological weapons before." She chuckled for a moment, then addressed the latter half of the Sovereign's statement. "I'd love to start a lesson. Sorry in advance about the fumes." Because training on a full stomach would surely result in some of those.

She paused for a beat, then very abruptly surged forward, directing a nip at Wraen's right ankle. The best way to assess someone's self-defense skills was to catch them unawares. For the rest of their session, the Sovereign would anticipate the attacks. For this very first one, however, Towhee could get a fairly genuine feel for the leader's reaction to a sudden blitz attack.