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Stryke's smile in that exact moment suddenly turned coy. As she continued to verbally poke at him, he couldn't help but feel amused. Without waiting for her to respond, he let the psionics drop as she got a few more moments in with his powers.

The sound of velcro from his daggers straps echoed abruptly.

With only a small shout, he closed the small distance between them. His dagger never came near her. They stopped short, like he'd done with Luxara as he smiled at her, fangs poking out over his bottom lip in an obvious manner. "hm.yesss..if you can." Stryke finally said, chuckling even as he bowed his head to her ever so slightly. He indicated he had the final point, gesturing to the spot he could have cut. With that he slipped his weapons away as quickly as he'd produced the decorative little hour and minute hand daggers.

Standing to his full height, and after a moment of consideration..Stryke offered his hand out to her. "this an unexpectedly helpful test, but thanks anyway in a roundabout way.." He mentioned, despite the slight huff he offered as he waited patiently to see what she would do.

Stryke had watched her carefully, observing her right down to the last moment before the laughter started. It had been a few tense awkward moments, but they had seemed to find some common ground. good. Stryke wasn't sure if his rash action would work..but he was pleasantly surprised. This had turned out a million sweeps better than he'd hoped for. It seemed silly now, but at least that was, was now in the past.

Her praise gave the younger troll a moment of pause in which he sheepishly rubbed his neck. His free hand clasped hers, shaking it with a brief firm grip before releasing her gloved hand. Shaking his head as he regarded her, he raised a brow as he tsked at Etsali. "ha..i don't think that suffices as an open invitation!" Stryke's brows furrowed, knitting together slightly. He gave her a strange look, as if he didn't think she would...would she? hrm. Dismissing the thought for now, he shrugged a bit.

"i should get back to work...i'll have to catch you sometime soon." He gave her a look, his gaze intent. don't sneak up on me like that. pleassse.