(dismount tumble: rolled 13+10=23)<br/><em>&lt;MODE=QUICK CATCH-UP&gt;</em>Dismounting with predatory grace, wincing slightly but, otherwise, hiding her pain exceptionally well, Ithi'Ka rolls to the wood floor and unslings her bow from her shoulder.  She's nocked a fresh arrow-- her quiver considerably less bristly by now-- as she begins edging her way toward a wall, not liking the open-- she freezes for a moment at the onslaught of Garrett's insults, staring him in the face and looking him from head to toe with glinting silver eyes.  She seems baffled by his words, perhaps out of the accent barrier to his strange lilting common, or perhaps out of genuine confusion... then, she looks as if she wants to spit, flipping the arrow between her fingertips as some pass a coin-- but very, very quickly.<br/><br/>Without warning, she then erupts laughing, the sound girlish, but slightly maniacal.  She looks to Kasumi, Mark, and Sam in turn, her white teeth gleaming from a strangely pretty mouth as she titters softly to a hush.  "I am sorry, he is just like the howler monkeys they sell at Stormreach."  She winks at Sam and Kasumi.  "Thank you for the quick ride to top."  Se seems even to regard the homicidal warforged with a measure of respect, and as if no ill words have passed, grins broadly at Garrett before spinning on her heel and heading for the wall to peek, back flush to the stone.<em>&lt;/END QUICK CATCH-UP MODE&gt;</em><br/><br/>All mirth has long since died in her eyes when the Ambassador enters.  She gauges the safety of skirting out a window, along the rim, and into another.  She reads the floor for weak boards, the ceiling for low beams.  Anything to get an edge--<i>ANYTHING?</i>-- before slipping a small flask from a pouch near her hip.  She drinks it quickly when Garrett speaks.<i>potion: light healing</i>She then hisses with laughter.  "You see?  The Emerald Claw has no fear of... retribution."  She tosses the emptied vial over her shoulder and out the window.  "We want whole city to see you... fumble."  She keeps her bow readied, but pointed down.