Niks raised a no-longer-existent eyebrow to Evvie's barely heard question. What sort of question was that? How did she even lead into that assumption? Niks deemed it better not to answer such an idiotic question. It was probably for the better as his opponent stumbled several steps as she coughed, seemingly gotten herself unstable enough. Niks stepped forward to close the distance so that he could breathe Soul Rot directly at her, only to be surprised when she suddenly charged and jump kicked towards his torso. It was only because his ribcage was as strong as steel that the kick didn't force its way through his bone and stomped his soulfire. That could have been proven fatal, if the kick didn't do it, then a shard of broken bone might do some damage. Niks questioned if the girl found out about his soul fire. No, it was just a coincidence, how could someone who guessed what he was wrongly figured that out?

Still, the kick did cause him to become wary of going close to her. Better for him to keep his distance from her now that she was coughing her lungs out. Or he could take his chance and hit her with some more Miasma. It didn't seem like she has anything that could go through his ribcage without reaching around from below, but he would see that one coming. Yes, if she tried to move in, he would try to move away, but if she coughed her lungs out, then he would hit her with a sneezing miasma, that should distract her enough from even standing.