Billy's laugh pitched up, an odd and rather feminine sound. She was hitting a little too close to home there. "...me? Well. I have. In a certain way. But never quite like this---I don't tend toward violence first."

He hoped to avoid it if at all possible, especially after what had happened the last time he fought while a crew member.

"But you're right, I should have stronger tools. We all should." And there he began working again.