My abilities are suited for either team, but being a decoy was more appropriate for me. [ As he can probably tell, even if only her lower body is showing. ] Their firearms were no match for my defensive capabilities. I was created for combat, after all.

[ It's no boast, but fact. The vanguard, the front lines, a foot soldier. Whatever anyone wants to call her. There's no question she's created for combat. ]

There is no reason a short person should retrieve something from a upper cupboard by themselves when someone else taller is perfectly willing and able to do so, is there?

[ In short, she is built for this. Her abilities and body are perfect for this, for taking the damage and pain that frail, fleshy humans cannot, so why wouldn't she do it? Not unlike a knight sworn to protect others. ]