She was so glad that Ruffnut had done it: hell, it looked like her viking was getting ballsier by the day. Of course, the two of them had been in the same body: it was bound to happen, since they, in a sense, fed off each other.

"It's not the worse thing in the world," Mindy said, shrugging. "Hell, if anything, that makes you stronger: once you give a damn about somebody, focus gets more direct, strength can come where you never thought. I learned my finishing move because I thought of...the person I cared about most."

Ok, so maybe SHE even felt just a little weird about saying it aloud. Not shame, just weird.