He just smirked back, his ego for now overriding his usual inclination to take offence. After all, he was about to show off. He could afford to be in a good mood. "Like you've seen anything yet!"

With that, and with his coattails streaming out behind him, he charged.

But something was different about it. Although his punches and kicks came in as relentless a flurry as he'd ever managed, it was almost as if he was holding back - and at the first opportunity he sensed, he sidestepped, hoping to trip her and provoke her into taking flight.