"I don't know," Becca says, biting her lip, "and it makes me nervous. And I know you don't think so," she adds, to Wellard, in a kindly fashion, "but the only thing Finn and Mary probably agree on in the world is that you're wrong there, and to be honest I'm a little more afraid of them than I am you. I mean, I respect you a lot! But I'm pretty sure my shins are safe from you."