[Six feet of muscle and no brains sometimes. Penelope is the one with the knife, and the magic. And the monsters. Also she's a monsterslayer don't talk down to her!]

I'm good to back you up. But uh, be careful? Don't let it bleed on you or bite you. I don't want you turning into one either.

[Reflexively, she actually almost calls out a yahri, but decides to hold off for the moment, see what kind of trouble Zack is going to have.]