[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Ataralasse

I saw it go something like this...

First, she was just startled because she didn't hear him coming. She wasn't annoyed at him, just a tiny bit freaked. He is her crush, after all.

Then he says she has "some" skill with a blade. Ticked, she makes a move: she challenges him: "Try me." She wanted to show him that she had more than just "some" skill with a blade, or that whatever she might lack in skill she made up for in spirit or courage or whatnot. Aragorn refused to fight, and she began her short "The women of this country..." speech.

In short, I didn't really see it as a "who was in charge" sort of move. I saw it as a challenge. She didn't want to beat him yet. She wanted to fight him first.

Or maybe ... ::thinks::

Maybe she thought she already won, but she wanted to see what he'd do. Sort of like 'checkmate': you haven't actually captured the king (king? heh) -- you don't have to: he can't make any more moves. But Aragorn neither accepted nor rejected that she'd won, and that ticked her off. "The women of this country...&c."

Hmm ... I guess I'm sitting the fence on this one. >_<

well that is true hmmm...