That doesn't excuse it.

[Her tone is neutral, and she doesn't pursue it beyond that. Marisa already knows now, after all.]

I considered proposing a duel outside where you can freely fight for your research. Crushing that barrier is one way to get it terminated, but it wouldn't have been fair. I'm not interested either, in something so one-sided.

[but it didn't come down to that, for better or worse... and don't mind the nonchalance.]