[It's a good thing he hears that on pretty much a daily basis, courtesy of at least one if not many of his teammates, so it doesn't faze him nearly as much as it otherwise might. I-G-N-O-R-E, as they say.]

I'm told she's considerably more competent in battle than this. Though it almost seems unfair, somehow, to send her into one, on the off-chance that I might be wrong.