Sorry. [It's said instantly, and she pushes a hand through her hair as she exhales.] I used to-- When I was young, people knew who my dad was and thought I'd grow up to be just like him, cycle of violence and all that. It's a bit of a sore point.

[She remembers asking Bruce if he didn't trust her because her dad was a criminal, but mostly she remembers him not answering, which had just confirmed her worst fears.]

That's pretty good advice to live by.

[Probably something she should listens to herself, since she isn't known for looking before she leaps.

She's a little sidetracked by wonderig what a wicket is, but huffs out a laugh at the comment about how much they'd hurt, especially with the added elbow to her ribs (it says a lot that she doesn't dodge it)] You should've seen the bruises I had when I was learning to use 'em.

[Babs can be vicious]

A good choice. [There will be a set of them in a sheath] I can teach you how to throw them if yo don't know.

[She could laugh, but there's something kind of symbolic, if a little dorky, about Ellie leaving the fruit knife, so she doesn't.]