Ryoko grimaced. None of the options was particularly appealing. Confident as he was, she wasn't positive he could maneuver in this body as well as in his male one, and her male one had fallen to a far less...monstrous...opponent. As much as he loathed to even think it...victory was far from assured in this alien place.<br/><br/>But the latter option was unthinkable, and she was somewhat grateful that this creature was at least giving her some way out...or appearing to.<br/><br/>"Then I shall have to defeat you in battle," he said with all the grandeur she could muster.