Gavin was rubbing his hand and wiggling his fingers as he nodded. "You're sturdier than I expected." he complimented Tigress, as he sucked on the knuckles of his left hand for a moment. "If I hadn't bandaged my hands up, I think I might have actually damaged me knuckles." he nodded as he shook his hands again, and then once more adopted his ready stance to face Abigail. "You don't need to go to that length, your ladyship." he replied, as they began to circle each other warily.<br/><br/>This time, he was going to take it more seriously, as he sized her up, and tried to guess at how she'd fight. From the looks of it, he'd be willing to bet that she had some martial arts training of one form or another, and that she knew how to handle herself in a fight. With that in mind, he started off slow, with quick jabs to test her defences, like he'd seen done in boxing matches on the newsreels in his time.