"There've been worse workouts," she laughs. He's like the joke of a kung-fu vid made reality, she could swear, "What about you? They pick you up off the docks, shove you into cultivator school young, or did you have to bullshit your way in on good looks?"

What? She can remember an origin story, when it's fed to her. Particularly when there's room to breathe as someone makes a lunge, then checks their progress when they see just who they're lunging for. Shepard spreads her arms, both a sarcastic boast and open invitation, and the woman takes it for the insult it is and resumes her charge. Shepard steps aside and casually rebounds her elbow from their face with a force that bounces the woman bodily back into the embrace of her fellows, who immediately drag her back into the fray.

"Used to be I could get this finished in five seconds. I miss biotics."