Well, if he regretted it later she could always be certain that he has asked for this, specifically. His attempt at a surprise attack was telegraphed by his tensing stomach and planted feet. He had the height advantage but that also made his blows easier to duck, and he had to bend forward to get a blow aimed properly at her stomach.

Feferi slid left and forward, shoving his right shoulder to her right to spin him away from her and use the momentum of his lunge against him.

She briefly considered backing off and trying another kick move, but his head was just too high and it would rob her of balance to try and do a roundhouse at such an awkward angle.

Instead she brought her elbow up with a sharklike grin on her face, meaning to slam his shoulder as he turned off balance but she had misjudged his height and his stoop.

Too late to change her position, she watched with widening eyes as he staggered, his face on a collision course with her elbow.