[After an outpouring of emotion like that, Jacqli needs about half a second to reground herself and school herself back to a state she'd rather show the world. When Menzies approaches, speaks up, she's already back to "normal," that small - but proud and, yes, smug - smirk back in place. She places one hand on her hip, nods in answer to the compliment.]

It's something I rewrote, for this specific occasion in my world. [Not that she's going to elaborate on the original without prodding, of course~] I intend to use it to confuse and dismantle a creature that's a manifestation of anger and fear, so we can deal with what's actually important instead of wasting our time with such a weak thing.