Tenel Ka swung in with the blade, taking the fight to the creature hoping somehow that there would be a weakness, some way to finish this, even though she suspected she knew the only way to finish it.
But unless Jacen agreed, backed it fully...
Better, stronger...wiser than you she continued, her mind on Jacen even as she fought.
It would not be an easy battle, she suspected, and she didn't know if she could surrvive it, or if she retreated would he follow her.