> > Could have been worse.  She could have been carrying explosives or bladed weapons.
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> Asil's not trained at explosives or bladed weapons (unlike Samantha Featherstone) but she is trained at unarmed combat. Asil could do more damage unarmed than in either of the other ways.
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That's fairly consistent since an unarmed Keiko often can kill faster and more easily than Chiaki can with her sword.  Of course that's why Chiaki is also trained in unarmed combat in case she can't draw her sword in time.  Though by far Chiaki's biggest handicap is her conscience, which forces her to give her enemy every chance before striking them down.
Also Chiaki would be happy to train Asil properly with a sword.  Though at first, a wooden one.  Unfortunately nobody asked.
> It's possible that Regret has some way of knowing what a man she's with is tempted by, or it could just be a guess based on experience.
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> But really, given the established hotness of Dancer, Sorceress, Yuki et al and Black's recent visit to the Lair Mansion, it's not too big a stretch for Regret to figure that Tom noticed them and was, y'know, male, hetro, and conscious.
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That's kind of what prompted my comment - that Regret knows what he's seen lately and what he might like of it.
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> There's a difference between sacrifice and bait.
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> Anyway, what Mumph and Vizh just did is akin to how Mumph tackled bullies way back at his schooldays. He put the dear of God into them and made them scared of him. Slaughter is going to behave himself for a while - at least when he thinks Mumph is watching.
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I meant that he thinks he's sacrificing his own safety to protect the Lair Legion from a battle with the Heck-Fire club.  There's a certain person who believes it will work but wants to stack the odds even higher against Slaughter and his group by turning a spotlight on them so they'll have to stay out of trouble.  That'll become evident in a mini-tie-in story shortly.
