[ The Ring-Spirit watches his arrival, then hums to himself. ]

Oh, no, I'm good... It just seemed more ~civilized~ to start off our spar with a question...

[ Even as his voice trails off, he drops into his own shadow, which quickly slips past Akechi to reconstitute into a Mimikyu right behind him, the Ring-Spirit's tail-stick already prepped to swing as part of a Shadow Sneak attack! ]

...maybe next time I'll do a proper ambush~.