"I've never been this fast before," she muttered. "I've been quick, hell, I move damn fast when push comes to shove, but nothing like this. Was it that Mercer fight?"

Some of it was, but it was really the other fights too. Between that guy that was a kind of power ranger or something and the last fight, she had to use the hands ability to fight them.It was all about channeling strength and using this extra part of yourself: in a way, like flexing. What Hit Girl hadn't realized was what she would do when she lost those powers.

She started. "Hey, I'm no supe or a mutant. I'm proud enough of what I do, but that doesn't mean I can't still get better."

So no kissing her own ass, not now. If someone else wanted to do it though, who was she to object?