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"Ah, that hurt..." Noel sighed, rubbing her head as she sat up, using the motion as a covert means of adjusting her hood to keep it from slipping back. "Or so I'd normally be saying." Grinning, she shrugged, crossing her legs and seating herself on the ground. It was pretty obvious that she was outclassed. This guy had negated her best spell, and even despite her attempts to block his combo attack - it helped that she recognized some of the skills he'd used, allowing her to defend herself from otherwise lethal damage solely on instinct - he'd still managed to reduce her HP to almost nothing. Noel was pretty sure she'd seen all she needed to see - what with him defeating her so easily, and with so many familiar moves, yet choosing to spare her instead of kill her on the spot - to determine that this was indeed Asher. What an odd coincidence, running into him so soon. But, she supposed, it would only work to her advantage if she played her cards right.

"Well, I guess this means I lose. Ah, well. Picking a fight with somebody like you, even for a quest, was pretty much hopeless from the start anyway," She said offhandedly, trying to be as casual as possible - and, by extension, as far from her real self as she could be. Shrugging once again, she uncrossed her legs, rolled back onto her back, and then hopped to her feet in an altogether rather showy manner. "Still, I guess I've got better things to worry about now." Glancing down to her menu, she gave an offhand nod towards the announcement to show what she meant by this. "Say, you seem pretty strong. Wanna help me get to Caelum and kill that flying boss? I'm not high enough level to use my Demon form and fly yet, but I can deal some pretty awesome damage, so if ya' carry me, I'll help ya' blow the thing up." Using as little formal speech as possible - as opposed to her usual polite manner - she tried to disassociate herself from the mental image Asher would have of her. It would make the surprise all the better later when he eventually found out her true identity.