[color=yellow]"Test my abilities ?"[/color] Hatuum seemed to suddenly become even more attentive than he had been before, focusing in on the mercenary leader before turning his eyes briefly towards his companion Mycandros. He really would have liked to undergo such a test, though not because he'd have been absolutely convinced about his own superiority. In fact the very opposite was true: A test focusing on open combat would hardly cover the entire spectrum of an assassin's abilities while covering aspects that typically were not part of those - because they didn't need to. In his case the fall would likely be particularly degrading because one could reasonably expect that expectations were quite high, given his physical appearance.

Yet... saying 'No' would be even more ignominious. What would they think if he'd say that ? Certainly there would be questions...
[color=yellow]"Okay... when, where and how ? And with - or against - whom ?"[/color]