Well, it had been nice while it had lasted.

Her expression changed from what was as close to a smile as she could muster to a something cold, unreadable. She knew she couldn't hide it, even if it wasn't for the blood on her sleeve and the cuts on her thumb, but that didn't stop her from refusing to let it show.

"Oh, you have always known how to talk to a lady," she replied, her voice as cold as her features and laced with sarcasm.