She scowled a bit at his first comment, feeling the red return to her cheeks. "W-well...I..." She began ready to retort, but stopped to pause and think. "I don't know what you mean by releasing you..." she started still trying to play the fool so as not to give him any satisfaction. "But, I have been fending for myself for a while now.... and I am not bad with a a...." she continued looking for a bit. "a staff... and a gun..." she stated, though she was not very handy with a gun, but she just did not want to seem so vulnerable to him. "And I am not helpless." she huffed at the end.