Oh, she does. She knows it as a lesson she'd been taught time and time again. "I doubt either of us have shown the other the true limits of our power, so I might be overestimating him, but I rather doubt it." She murmurs to her book.

"However." She glances up, amusement deep in her eyes. "Damage such as his takes time to unravel. Trust must be given before it is received." She shakes her head and turns back to her book. "I am laying the groundwork, still. You cannot merely beat it out of him. It must be unraveled."