"Handle on my own, you say...?" Liu pondered, moving his right hand to his chin as if thinking to himself. "Two, three at most without my sword. With, I think four or five seems like a reasonable estimate. Any more, and I feel like things might go downhill for me."

Shrugging his shoulders, Liu calmly drank the remainder of tea in his teacup before pouring himself another cup soon after. The bitter taste of the tea leaves, though not one he liked very much, had a way of soothing his senses. If a battle was coming in the near future, then it'd be really bad if his nerve was rattled before anything actually happened. Though, to be fair, this [i]was[/i] the first time he was going out with this kind of intent...

"So... What exactly will the teams be for this, then? We could go with what I proposed earlier, with Torako and I acting as bait. I know for certain that you'll be staying behind, given your reputation, but... Are we really going to put both Kyang and Torako at risk like that? If Kyang stays behind, she can use her polearm without alerting the enemy. Otherwise, there's a possibility she'll have to try stalling without it until we can reach them..."