When reading ,I met with this strange expression (at my level at least). Much
thanks if anyone can explain to me it's correct meaning.

Context: MC is talking with a general (A-san) ,about the plan of her Master to
fight against the bandit in order to protect the town with minimum damage for
both the people and her troops. The general said it's impossible given the
current situation (the citizens wanted to fight but they don't have experience
in battle ,and they don't have much troops left)

A「……この状況でそれは無茶だろう。 私とBだけで連中の砦に奇襲を掛ける方が、確実ではないか？」 "That plan is too far fetched
given our situation now don't you think? Wouldn't it be more safe for just me
and B (another general) to launch a surprise attack on their fortress?"

MC: 「賊を倒すだけならそれでもいいんだけどさ。 この町に手を出したらまずいって思わせないと、意味がないって」 "She said (T-sama) if
all we wanted to do was defeat the bandits,that would be fine.But if we don't
make them think it's a bad idea to mess with this town, there's no point in
doing that." (he meant that the bandit will come back to attack again)

MC:「それに町の人達もみんな戦いたいって言ってるから…… 何かしらの落とし所がないと、納得してくれないだろうし」 "Also the town's
people says that they're all wanted to fight so... If we don't have some kind
of a compromise, I'm sure those people will not agree to stay" (Both MC and
T-sama don't want the town's people to join with them and go attack the
bandits,because worry that these citizen will die due to no combat experience
,but they're still wanted to fight)

A-san「それはそうかもしれんが……その全てを満たす策など、 そうそう思い付くものでもないだろうに」 "Maybe you're right,that
could be the case but....Anyone can see it's not likely to quickly come up
with such a plan, which could satisfies all of those conditions."

MC 「ですよねー」"Yeah,right~"

A-san「……とはいえ、そこがT-samaらしくはある……か」 "...That said,????" (I guess that A-san
commenting about her Master kindness that trying to come up with a plan to
save both the town's people and her soldier? But that just my guess based on
context I'm not sure)
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grammar meaning expressions manga japanese-to-english
そこが+ a person + らしくはあるか meaning in this context
Consider a simpler そこがT-samaらしい.

This usage of Aらしい means, as you understand, "subj. has/expresses some quality
of A". More verbosely put, it means that the subject is something expected
from personality or usual behavior or way of thinking of A.

そこが refers to the fact that the plan tries to fulfill many (incompatible?)
objectives at the same time or T-sama tries to execute such a plan. So そこがT-
samaらしい would mean that such a perfectionistic plan is something quite
expected from T-sama's character / T-sama is quite likely to conceive.

Now about the ending らしくはあるか, it works as an emphasis or you can understand it
as "the plan is hard, but is expected from T-sama's persoality". About か [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/77682/seemingly-non-
interrogative-use-of-sentence-ending-%E3%81%8B) should be helpful.
Incorporating these nuance into the above would give a precise translation.
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