"Is that all you got?" Hanna challenges.
"I'm just getting started!" Rob retorts.
Hanna, teeth bared in unrestrained aggression, launches herself at Rob, nunchaku swinging swiftly for a body blow. Rob counters, hooking the nunchaku with his sai in an attempted disarming; Hanna spins round Rob, nunchaku sliding off the sai. She drops low, attempting a sweeping kick; Rob leaps the attack, rolling into a dive, sai first, aiming to pin Hanna to the floor. Hanna rolls out the way just in time; Rob's sai glance off the hardwood boards as he reacts.
"You won't get me that easily!" Hanna goads, finishing her roll in a low stance, ready to pounce again.
Rob rolls onto his feet, sai raised. "Just wait till I start trying…"
With a snarl, Rob charges Hanna, sai gripped so the monouchi and yoku protrude from his fists. Hanna ducks the first punch, deflects the second, and turns the blocking into a shoulder thrust, knocking Rob off his feet; as he tumbles, he hooks Hanna's double-baldric, pulling her off-balance. Both fighters hit the ground together, rolling over each other; when they stop, Rob has Hanna pinned, face down, the tips of both sai resting on the back of her neck.
"Surrender!" Rob demands.
"OK, OK, I surrender," Hanna sighs. "You can choose the restaurant. Now get off me."
Practice weapons returned to the dojo storage, Hanna and Rob make their way out to the streets of Shang Mu, and start towards the restaurant of Rob's choice. Hanna is carrying her double-baldric, inspecting it for damage sustained while sparring.
"You broke one of the belt hooks," Hanna remarks, putting the double-baldric on.
"I'll fix it when we get home," Rob offers.
"Wouldn't have happened if you hadn't pulled that dirty trick."
"You'd have done the same thing."
Hanna thinks for a moment. "Yeah, I would have," she smiles.
They round the corner onto the street the restaurant is on; outside the restaurant is a sizeable police presence. Stopping suddenly, both Hanna and Rob hastily remove their red scarves, pocketing them.
"For some strange reason, I'm not feeling all that hungry anymore," Rob states quietly.
"But we haven't done anything illegal," Hanna replies. "Not today anyway."
"Then lead on."
Hanna hesitates. "I have a better idea: I'll cook tonight."