She asked, "Are you speaking for yourself or the commander?"
ignored her. "What for?" I reiterated.
"Because we're good at it," Anita retorted. "Better than any of you men. If you should need us...."
"We don't. We won't." I said shortly.
"But if you should...."
Venza put in, "If Snap and I hadn't come for you, you wouldn't be here, Gregg Haljan. I didn't notice you were so horrified to see me holding that shield up over you!"
It silenced me.
She added, "Commander, let us alone. We won't smash anything."