[ Lucius laughs, because that's true. All one would need to do is find those torrid missives he and Eridanus had exchanged to see how "kinky" the pleasure in defeat could be. ]

And I would love to show you just how good I really am. Unfortunately, even with a whole wide galaxy's worth of opponents, finding those good enough to provide entertaining sport is something of a challenge. Few of the fighters here are worth my time, and those that might truly be called swordsmen have proven... elusive.

[ By which he means the few that have openly identified themselves as such have been reluctant to agree to a contest of blades. Well, nevertheless, ]

The only man here who has actually taken me up on a duel is Eridanus, and... [ And it's good that Annie hadn't been there. But he refuses to allow any darkness to tinge his thoughts on the matter, and he turns the truth into another implication entirely as a grin spreads across his lips, vicious and toothy. ] Well, let's just say it's good that you weren't there to see the end result. The two of us can get rather heated.

[ It's not an entirely deceptive implication, anyway. ]