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The horse-guy let himself be dragged up. The weeks of work had paid off, he was far more stable on his feet now than he'd been in their previous encounter and standing up straight, towered over Freddie.

The mocking tone was dropped as he spoke. "We don't have to fight, you know. I dont' like what you've done, but hell, I can see you're in as much pain as I am now. Unless you really want to take this out on me, but I will say this... I apologize for calling you a woman...." The shadow of a smirk crossed his face. Gaius was a nice guy, but he hadn't forgotten the staff to the head, and even he couldn't resist such an easy shot below the belt. "...You're too ugly to be one."

"Gkt!" Gaius stumbled back, clutching his throat, or at least what his hands could cover of it, and coughed, trying to recover his wind after having it forcefully cut off.

"B-b*****d! You could've killed me!" he rasped, shuffling back to avoid another neck-shot from the angry cow-man. "What is it with you? Every time I run into you, you attack me!"

"Smug?!" Gaius shot Freddie a disbelieving look. "You're the one who attacked me! I was trying to be nice when we first met!"

The disbelief degraded to plain confusion, one of Gaius' ears flicking back. "...What else was I supposed to do? Most normal people are friendlier when you smile! The hell... you wanted me to be grouchy and come punch you in the face or something?"

"Chipper?" Gaius said with a laugh. Who said that any more? "Maybe because I try to see the good side of things, or do my best to work past this crappy fate life's thrown my way? You know, instead of stalking around like an over-grown 3rd-grade bully looking to terrorize whoever looks at them funny..."

"Right," Gaius rolled his eyes, "like I did. And just how many friends has that won you? Or girls, for that matter? Though... I guess that's not gonna matter anymore, huh?" He raised an eyebrow. That was the question... just how far 'female' had Freddie gone? ...He wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer. Instead, he shifted back on his feet and folded his arms across his chest defensively. "It's probably that behavior that got you here in the first place!"

This time, Gaius didn't try to back out. Unfolding his arms, he raised his own fists in a defensive stance, head ducking to try and protect some of the length of exposed neck. If Freddie was going to ignore everything he tried to present in a reasonable fashion, then he'd take it to the buffoon's level.

"Make me!" he growled.

"Hey, at least I'm man enough not to go around picking fights! Now come on, let's settle this, once and for all!" He said, headless of how cliche he sounded. "Come on, let's see if you hit like a girl too!"