[Of course she can fight. Keith is really beginning to think that he has to assume that people have some kind of power to hold their own. It might be better to just ... conclude that from the start and stop asking.

As for the "getting hurt" part, he doesn't know what to say. So, uh:]

There's a good chance that more than me will get hurt. If they're as strong as the last Zymandis agents we faced.

But we might need to take charge to disable any of them so they aren't killed. Can you do that? [His tone takes on a different manner with this, almost like he's emulating a person who is more leaderly than he is. (He is. Hi, Shiro.)]