The extra sharpness about Carmel wasn't unnoticed, and it creased a thin line across Wu's brow. Given the day, he expected this from everyone, but seeing it in the woman who'd reached out to him? It would not stand.
"I am not a teacher," he said first, "But what I know is yours, if it may help." Though he doubted anyone would want to learn the finer points of joint manipulation or how to pop an eye from the socket without knocking out the victim. Still, he couldn't not offer now. "Would you learn?" he asked Edan then, thinking that any interest in the idea would only encourage Carmel to pursue it.