Well, I think it does penalise me... but Kasumi can easily knock her out, prone and dex less, Coup-de-grace or not.<br/><br/>And, yes!  This lady is EVIL.  Kasumi can't understand her point of view at all.  Calling her friends trash that should be killed before a matter of honor isn't giving Kasumi any choice... if she can't call a halt to the hostilites outside, then she certainly can't give up a hostage.  She's lying her pretty little ass off.<br/><br/>Anyway, even if she's not lying, Kasumi can't trade her friends lives for anything... much less the chance that she might win the hostage.  She'll have to do this the hard way, even if that's not the wisest course.<br/><br/>If the woman had any kind of sense motive, she'd have known Kasumi wasn't kidding on that point.