Ari saw the change in the boy’s face and the movement of his hand towards the handle of his laughable sword, signifying that he understood the hint and somehow the grin on her face became even wider than before.
Let’s do this.
Not wasting a single moment, Ari turned around sharply and immediately bolted towards the closest marine with the same wicked grin on her face, momentarily closing the distance between them and, transferring the energy from this motion, gathering all of her might, swung her right arm, the nail from earlier jammed in her fist in between her middle and ring fingers, long sharp end facing forward, towards the bottom of the man’s jaw, in a devastating uppercut motion.
Finally, for the first time since she took to the sea, she had a chance to do one of the two things she knew how to do best.