It was with the greatest heroic resolve Nameless had that he refrained from smacking her at the slight arrogance in her tone when she asked for the glove to be removed. However, he failed at the much more obvious smirk as she gave the obvious answer. He leaned forward, having been standing behind her, and bounced the heel of his hand off the top of her hand. "Girl, you seem to be under the impression I am impressed with you. So far, your only impressive feat was getting up on top of that post and balancing as fast and quiet as you did. If I didn't know better, and I don't, I would say you were a neophyte based on what I saw tonight. And I honestly doubt a neophyte getting her throat slit by a thieves' guild member in an honest fight would raise too many eyebrows on either side. So stow the arrogance."<br/><br/>He would, on later reflection, realize that his wording could have been better, but it was done, and he wouldn't back pedal out of it.<br/><br/>[diplomacy d20+0 [2])