[Well, she doesn't feel like she can really deny the request, right now, so there's a punch, but it's really half-hearted- even for somebody who only has a very modest amount of training in unarmed combat.]
[Sekhmet grits her teeth. Ah, even now she can hear the voice whispering that she ought to hurt the girl. But it is faint. And after all that has happened, even the thought of trying disgusts her.]
I don't want to. Are you just trying to prove that I'm actually a vicious? That who I was yesterday is my "true self," and this is just me faking it? Because I don't know nearly enough about myself to understand why I did any of that, or why I have those feelings and desires. You don't have to believe that I care that I hurt you, but I do. They're both me. I'm not trying to be some martyr, I just don't want to hurt you! Or is that the punishment?
[But that's the problem, Sekhmet realizes. Because even now she's thinking about what she feels herself, and not doing what Maki wants her to do to face the consequences.]
I just told you I don't care about your problems. I'm not trying to prove anything about who you really are.
I am trying to prove you're being self-centered. I'm asking you to do this, so you refusing means it's not about my feelings. It's about you. Right?
[Maki shrugs vaguely, not waiting for an answer to that question, since it seems like Sekhmet got there herself already.]
But more than that... I'm not your tool to command and abuse, and I'm also not just a tool for you to use to punish yourself and ease your guilt complex.
This isn't a punishment. It's a fight. So fight me.
[Unfortunately Maki is a trained assassin, and she's not going to let the punch actually connect. She's lightning-fast as she sweeps Sekhmet's arm to the side, stepping close with her own punch at her gut.]
[Well, she was fully expecting to eat shit at least, but she wasn't fast enough to avoid or brace against that in any way, so she falls backward, grunting in pain. But she tries to get back into her fighting stance.]
[She hesitates a moment, not really wanting to continue this, and knowing what it will lead to- namely, her being beat up, but she goes forward feinting a jab, and punching toward's Maki's solar plexus.]
[She jerks backwards, but the kick gets her squarely in the nose, breaking it and fountaining blood. She screams, and falls backwards into a sitting position.]
[Maki kicks her once more before her foot hits the ground, driving her heel in, and then pauses again to wait for her to recover.]
...
[Things continue in this one-sided manner for quite a while, until Sekhmet is too bruised and beaten to even generously describe what's happening as a fight.]
...That's enough. Or... it's not nearly enough, but it's all I'm going to do. Don't ever do anything to me or my friends again, or you'll regret it a lot more.
[And with that Maki heads for the door, leaving Sekhmet on the floor of the game tower.]
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Try harder.
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I don't want to. Are you just trying to prove that I'm actually a vicious? That who I was yesterday is my "true self," and this is just me faking it? Because I don't know nearly enough about myself to understand why I did any of that, or why I have those feelings and desires. You don't have to believe that I care that I hurt you, but I do. They're both me. I'm not trying to be some martyr, I just don't want to hurt you! Or is that the punishment?
[But that's the problem, Sekhmet realizes. Because even now she's thinking about what she feels herself, and not doing what Maki wants her to do to face the consequences.]
...But if you really want this, I will do it.
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I am trying to prove you're being self-centered. I'm asking you to do this, so you refusing means it's not about my feelings. It's about you. Right?
[Maki shrugs vaguely, not waiting for an answer to that question, since it seems like Sekhmet got there herself already.]
But more than that... I'm not your tool to command and abuse, and I'm also not just a tool for you to use to punish yourself and ease your guilt complex.
This isn't a punishment. It's a fight. So fight me.
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[She settles into a fighting stance and throws a harder punch.]
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Then she backs off a few steps, though, waiting.]
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Maki hops lightly backwards out of range of the punch, and then swings a wide roundhouse kick for her head.]
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...
[Things continue in this one-sided manner for quite a while, until Sekhmet is too bruised and beaten to even generously describe what's happening as a fight.]
...That's enough. Or... it's not nearly enough, but it's all I'm going to do. Don't ever do anything to me or my friends again, or you'll regret it a lot more.
[And with that Maki heads for the door, leaving Sekhmet on the floor of the game tower.]