It didn't much matter what Marian would or would not do. Abby stood by her determination that bad guys, at least in medieval stories of yore, went after damsels in distress. How many stories did you hear about women kicking butt after all?
"Exception to the rule," she informed him. Clearly.
"I'm saying it wouldn't even get to that point." Abby would twist his wrist or use a self-defense flip or if she had it on her at the time, her taser.