You're too kind Dresden. I can only hope I live up to the image you have conjured of me in your mind.

[It's very smooth, very polite, but it's difficult to say she believes him. As for the rest...well.]

I'd rather not a gruesome death, but if it means others won't die-I'll go into the fray.

And in the meantime, I'll find the best way to fight. If I don't have magic, then my body will have to do.

[And she finally takes a sip of tea. It's warm, and a relief from the cold.]