Nope, there goes the smirk. Oh well, at least she tried. Her hand shake is as firm as his, but not testing. His isn't either, which is one headache out of the way. Jim still isn't sure what it is about powerful women that make some mean feel the need to try and squeeze their fingers off.

"Yeah, I've really let myself go," she says dryly, stepping back again. Once upon a time she would have been the one trying to break his fingers off, giving him that 'yeah I'm a chick, wanna make something of it?' glare. But while she definitely still has something to prove, it's not the same thing it was back then. She knows what she can handle, and Mr Disregard For Authority definitely comes under that umbrella.

"Ready to show these kids a thing or two?" Some of these kids are, technically speaking, older than her. The price of being a prodigy.