_{[She stares unblinkingly back for a moment before speaking.]}

In the four years I've been here, I've gotten combat training from a soldier who was a prisoner of war in Iraq, a Special Ops guy who could knock people out without them ever even knowing he was in the same room, and a weapons expert who'd been fighting wars for thousands of years. In space.

_{[... And then there was that one time she had a lesson with an assassin, but she doesn't really count that. :I]}

And that's just counting what I've had here.

_{[She props her chin on her fist. Her tone is completely dead serious.]}

I've fought bigger and meaner than you, Blake.

And I've won.

But sure.

Save me from your extra half-a-foot and fifty pounds.