He could take a punch. She was counting on it considering his strength. Otherwise, she was going to have some awkward conversations with the others back in town about why there was a dead man in a cape in the forest.
Kal asked about alien enhancements and she actually laughed a little and shrugged. "A little of this, a little of that." She didn't think he was from her universe, so it would be even harder to explain the Kree. Probably save that for later.
"If that was half-strength, I kinda wanna know what full strength feels like." She was challenging him, eyebrow raised and ready to go. "Or was that it?"