[ clarke's eyes widen a bit at his answer. ] Thirty years worth of experience is more than most of us have, I'd imagine.

[ then the corners of her lips curve up again, at his praise. ] I didn't do as well as I probably could have. It's harder to shoot under pressure. But I've had some practice with it, where I came from. [ it's a long story, and will probably sound far-fetched to someone like him, but since they appear to have all the time in the world: ] I was part of a re-colonization effort, on a post-apocalyptic Earth. We all had to become proficient with weaponry, to deal with the survivors we found.