She grins, but she doesn't look away from what she's doing. He gets to break the rules because it's his ship and his guns and he's much more familiar with these things. "Samus has been teaching me about weapon safety," she explains. "A fair bit of it carries over. Handling them is a whole other story."

If he's getting the impression she's not a killer, he'd be right. If he's got the impression she hasn't been armed every time he's met her, he'd be very wrong.

"Modified?" She puts the blaster down before giving him a curious look. "Is that something you did yourself?"