(lowkey thinking to myself abt how one absolute point of difference between tiny tonitoni and childe beyond personality is probs their combat styles and attitude towards combat...........

the former is absolutely disinterested in combat - as an art or for self improvement or the pure sake of it. she occasionally doesn't mind it for the briefest of entertainment but she's noooooo way interested eeeeever if you tell her to fight for any other reason and in general does not want to nor actually like fighting that much.

she sounds like she will fight people but that's 99% likely just her bluffing and taunting with no real intention of throwing hands - and even if she does, it's out of plain frustration more than because she really, really wants to.

which culminates in her not being as skilled a fighter as an actual childe - if she actually bothered to train herself, she could be, but she doesn't want to so she's honestly weaker than childe in terms of experience and knowledge. the only thing leveling the two in some sort of equality is that toni makes up for it in massive raw power/potentiality and guile.

that said, when she actually does get into a fight - well, it goes two ways. either she's not really interested in it anyway or she wants to turn her opponent into worse than mince meat, there's no in-between.

the former has her act like an extra massive brat, with every barb and taunt in the book, with a general playfulness like she's just toying with someone - you can't even call it a fight at that point, she's literally just screwing around, it's a time passer at best and a simple diversion or distraction otherwise. she's not into the whole thing, she doesn't care either, and once she's figured enough is enough she is probably going to throw her opponent into a ditch and bury them alive. there done obstacle cleared, whatever! can she leave now?

the latter however has her attention - and occasionally, her emotions - dialed to 100% in contrast. no more acting, no more playing around. she will deal with whatever is in front of her, and she will get it out of the way, simply. there's an almost robotic focus, hyperfocused into what she's been trained as the most efficient and quickest way to kill—or at least, incapacitate—her opponent. as such she has a tendency to be silent, zero chatter whatsoever, just pure will kill you vibes. and bc that's the case, she doesn't pull any punches either.

unlike the former type, where she's just playing around and doesn't think too much of things - as such, not really putting her all into the fight, not really using her cards if any - when she decides she's done being underestimated, she really will drill in the opposite opinion on her combat prowess. she uses all of her abilities, all of her training—and the most crucial difference from childe, i think, is that she will not fight fair. she will use the dirtiest tactics in the book, it doesn't matter how sneaky or dishonorable or cruel - she's been trained that such things don't matter on the battlefield, because at the end of the day, a real fight is to survive, to come out on top. if she has to weaponize someone's fears or dangle hostages in front of them, fine by her.

she will 100% acknowledge that's not very nice of her. but she has a family to eventually go home to someday, and they would certainly like her alive in one piece, so while not excusable, it's justifiable-ish to her.)