" …I noticed you don’t have any self-defense training…”

“…I can handle myself just fine.”

She stared at me for a long, uncomfortable moment. Finally, “In the very short time I’ve known you, you have been chased, shot, robbed, stabbed, drugged, and attacked by magic.”

“I’m still breathing, aren’t I? "

― Devon Monk , Magic in the Shadows (Allie Beckstrom, #3)