Considering the two were just staring wordlessly at one another, confusion might arise about how much tension was between Rhi and Neymi. Ke'sara likely sensed it, others might notice as well, but this was a stand-off. Two hunters circling eachother while carefully deliberating which of the two was the real prey. This was a battle of dominance with high stakes, and when Rhi's hand moved to her SMG, the hybrid grinned broadly and confidently. She lowered her voice enough for the woman to just hear.<span style="color: blue">"I'm a hybrid of Goz-Human descent. You don't know which parent I take after zo there's a fifty percent chance I'm faster than you. Are you willing to take that gamble?"</span>Neymi had expected fear from the woman, while Rhi was a trained soldier, and Neymi wasn't exactly the most intimidating Goz or Goz-lookalike, she was still more fearsome than most humans. To have Rhi face her confidently without flinching was.... delicious.<br/><br/><b>"Fine."</b>Neymi let out a deep purr, a sly grin on her lips as Rhi conceded. Smiling smugly, Neymi took a step back and listened to the Lieutenant's words. She resisted to urge to laugh when Rhi sort-of admittedly that she needed the mercenary group alive. Instead, she smugly smiled while feigning innocence as the woman leaned in to meet her face to face again.<b>"There, satisfied? Now get on the elevator."</b>Neymi licked her lips, suppressing the desire to lean a little more forward and kiss the fierce woman.<span style="color: blue">"Quite satisfied, yes. Now we can all zkip the rather zenseless theater court and zkip to what the <i>Alliance</i> really wants of us. Next time you get your panties in a bunch, First Lieutenant Rhi, don't bother with zilly ploys and zimply tell me? I'm happy to help any alliance officer."</span>She sauntered in the lift, resting against the back wall.<br/><br/><span style="color: blue">"I'm certain an arrangement can be ztruck. Klaxx ztill needs to pay us and a zmall bonus atop his credits wouldn't hurt and in return I'm willing to give the Alliance all data relevant to the unknown zhip encounter, as well as convincing the rest of the team to keep this information confidential so no one outside the Alliance knows. I don't know about you, first Lieutenant Rhi, but I prefer honest business to having politicians play games with women such as you or I."</span>Neymi nodded amiably towards Rhi, apparently not holding any grudges about the woman considering her cold-blooded murder, but then, she had been unfazed by the hybrid's queens threats as well, perhaps Neymi was used to people wishing violence on her.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>