[She laughs again and stays in close with her voice lowered. You know, because she doesn't want to end up saying something too complimentary where Dave can hear.]

I kicked his ass a few times, yeah! But not as often as I'd like. I've said before he's a really good fighter, so I've had to adapt some of my techniques.

[And she looks absolutely thrilled about that. GROWING AND LEARNING AS A FIGHTER GAI-SENSEI WOULD BE SO PROUD.]