Oh Kyle. Lash's grin didn't leave her lips the entire time he spoke. A normal obstacle course, she could have done respectfully well, but something stuck inside the forest? That was where her CO powers could be put to good use and where her strength was. The fact she could even use them to give her partner a boost meant that they'd make this whole thing look like child's play for everyone else. Worse off, her own powers meant she wouldn't have a problem at all.

"I hope you're good," she told Yamato confidently near the starting line. "Because I won't accept us anything but us finishing first." Nothing like a bit of competition between the teams and your own teammate to get the blood pumping, right?