Sasha doesn't like the idea of taking Mishka's mind apart, but they all need to know what sort of threat he poses. (She's lucky that those threats don't include special unarmed-combat training. Sasha would have made a fucking awful hostage.) She has the uneasy sense that Ashari has been comparatively restrained, with her. But then, for all their posturing, Ashari has very good control.
Sasha observes quietly for at least twenty seconds