"Touche." She couldn't argue with his point, clearly warming up to him. It was funny, he even held his head up and talked like a man out of time. Even Carol noticed that. Maybe people just got used to it after being around him long enough.
"I'm sure you could." She didn't mean it as a comment on his physique, though it might come across that way to anyone else hearing it. She just happened to know of the legend and the stories about what he had been able to do in the war. "Volunteering for the ring?" Okay, that earned a look and she laughed. "I didn't know you were willing to hit a girl, Steve. But...yeah, maybe. If you think you're up for a challenge."
She nodded at the trees as he pointed to them. They looked close enough. "Good pick. Don't suppose you have a saw? Axe? Or were you just going to rip them out of the ground with your bare hands?"