It was a large reason why she had insisted on returning to her home, after all. It restored a measure of independence, lessening her vulnerability if she could do simple tasks without assistance.

"You would not have been able to defeat me," she confirmed, lips curving into another smile. "Though fate had little to do with it. I simply outclassed you."

Past tense, because with the strange Chakra she had seen from the temple... she could no longer be sure.