Claude's no martial artist, or even a close combat fighter in general, but Akane's making this as easy as possible so he doesn't have any real difficulty in deflecting that kick. He's having more difficulty figuring out how to make this look believable, when the girl's furious fists and feet now look like she's been heavily drugged compared to a minute or two ago...but this may be the best compromise there is, under the circumstances, since he doesn't think he could fake a fight with someone of her skill any better. He just hopes no one's watching too closely.

"I see," he says thoughtfully. "That makes more sense than a lot of people knowing and just no one having found it, I guess..." He offers a very weak and telegraphed attempt at a backhand, which he judges as sufficiently dismissive and villainous for the Rocket character he's playing. "I'm Claude. What's your name?"