If the grin hadn't been intentionally wild before, it certainly was<em>now.</em>In fact, it seemed more than a little unnatural that<em>anyone</em>could smile so widely, and twisted her face into one of exaggerated lunacy that was clearly normally reserved for moments with far more gunfire and far less casual conversation; it was the sort of look one would expect some beast to give its prey before biting their head off.<br/><br/>"Lass, I've been riskin' me own hide fer decades.  Iffin' I be stupid enough ta git a hole blown in me, then I ruddy well deserve the consequences.  'N iffin' I<em>do</em>git shot, then yer Cap'n here won't be gittin' her money's worth.  I consider it a professional courtesy ta me employers ta keep all me organs in their proper places so I kin do the same fer theirs."