The problem with the blight option, now that I've had more time to think about while I was trying to win this fight, is that if we reveal it to Aya, we reveal it to the Maiden crew. And they'll want to strand us on this island here rather than travel with someone plagued. Neu may have been able to convince Murasa, but convincing one person is a lot easier than convincing a paranoid, angry mob. Of course, if it's only Neu and Murasa with Aya, then that's a moot point. We won't know until this fight's over.
Really, that's all I've been thinking about; this fight here. If we had lost, then, well, that would have been it. But if we win, I want to take at least this lead tengu prisoner. Maybe get some answers out of her, maybe use her for a bargaining chip with Aya. And if she actually DOES give a damn about us, which makes no sense since she's a pirate, then I've had a radical idea.
Keep her. Maybe we can fix her. I mean, if nothing else, that's one less pirate making life miserable for good people.
This pirate won't stop the fight. Not unless we surrender. At least, that's the impression she's given me. Aya might, but we have to get through these two first. And maybe one, now, since her flunky's taken a kunai to the throat.