[Hm.] There is a time when warriors boast of their strength to each other, but this is not that time.

Now is the time to face plainly what skills one does or does not have. If you are strong, then do not hide it. Use your strength in defence of Oska. But there are roles in the fight for those who have other skills as well, and there is no shame in that.

[He's seen stranger things than girls who look like Maya turning out to be strong enough to benchpress buses, so who knows. She could surprise him.]