Claire, blinked at the light, her eyes trying to adjust. It took a few seconds however - seconds she didn't have. When they finally cleared, it was to the sight of a pair of fists hanging above her head. Shi- she thought, realizing her advantage of distance was effectively gone. As the fists came down, she did the only thing she could - she opened a portal in their path, shunting the blow into the side of the bridge. "They're no taunt if I can prove them." she said, backing up her words, a fire in her voice - if this was to be her last fight, it would be a death worthy of her heritage. "Cowardly: you, who claims to be so powerful, would not face a simple troll until you had extorted cash from a lowly farmer! Sounds fairly cowardly to me." she breathed out, venom on her tongue.
"Weak: I need only to kill you to prove my point. When I do, my "taunt" will ring true, for you were bested by a weak little diplomat, in single combat" She offered, emphasizing the words in the best way to upset the stone warrior. Her ambassador tongue, she hoped, struck true where her sword could not.
"And finally, Moronic: Never believe everything an ambassador says, especially where "single combat" is concerned."she offered, before diving from the bridge, into the water below. She yelled one final word before she hit the water. "NOW!"
God she hoped they were ready.
