[in before she decides she actually looks kind of good in goth makeup and goes through a brief and fleeting Hot Topic phase]

Yeah. Even when we sent that monster to hell, Arnold's the one who attacked him. That was our plan, though. We used me as the bait because we were both pretty sure he would forget about Arnold.

[But still, that's another instance where she didn't actually defend herself without relying on someone else to help do it for her. It wouldn't be so bad, maybe, to know some things.]

You know, you said "me or someone else" earlier. Who's "someone else"? Are you already picking out my next boyfriend, huh?