Xiē Yīngluò has been bested, beaten, betrayed, and brutalized, and at this point she has nothing to lose. What will happen when the cornered scorpion is presented with a means of turning her doomed luck around?
but she still preferred that to actually 
drawing the sword she had with her.
Das war ihr lieber, als das Schwert
zu ziehen, das sie bei sich hatte.
mais elle a estimé que ça valait mieux
que d’utiliser son autre épée.