If he was planning on distancing her for her own good, he needed to not like that answer as much as he did. As it was, Wu paused in his routine, looking back over his shoulder as he switched the weight to his other hand. "Muay Thai is a fine discipline," he said approvingly. "Some of the strongest fighters I have ever known favored it. I learned a bit." Elbows and knees, really; the surprise strikes you could pull in close on someone.
Silently counting his reps, Wu eventually set the weight aside and rose from the bench, starting a stretch not dissimilar to Carmel's as he leaned and rolled a shoulder to dispel stiffness. "If you plan to continue it, I would like to observe." But not without her approval, that much was clear in the way he'd spoken.