You're welcome to try it... if you don't mind setting the example for what happens when a murder is unsanctioned, of course.

[would it be worth it, for him? it's certainly possible, and so shirasu keeps that distance; there's tension in his own posture, just waiting for sousei to strike again. whether he does it with killing intent or not, shirasu doesn't think this will be so easy for him to walk away from.

and just in case, one hand lingers near to where he's hidden his knife. he's not at all discounting the possibility that he'll need to draw it.]