[ As they banter between themselves and set up the stakes, Shepard scopes the beach for the winged menaces in the hopes none of them stray too far from their current positions. ]

I don't mean like that. You think I didn't see the way your eyes lit up when I crushed that water bottle, Vakarian? Not the first time, either.

[ Though she genuinely wants him to spill the deets on his desires, if he gets rattled and flustered from her shit talking, well... all the better for her chances in the contest. ]