Agate definitely doesn’t use her words to goad her opponents. Sometimes she actually forgets to speak at all for the duration of the game. The focus runs that deep. What she does do however is absolutely brutalize people with the butt end of her stick. She’s got an eye on the refs at all times and knows exactly when, and more importantly where, to strike. She knows the gaps in the padding, the pressure points, the recent history of injuries. And so she pokes and prods. She sometimes sticks a little tack on the end of her stick to get some blood. Just an annoyance of course. But it usually gets them going, the universal language of pain. When it comes time to get down to it, she’s always ready for a scrap, but most importantly, she’s out there intimidating players on and off the ice. Off? Yeah that’s what the suspicious mail is all about.