"Guns, mostly. I got pretty good with my husband's lever action carbine .30-30 Winchester rifle and his Smith & Wesson .32 handgun." She wrinkled her nose. "I'm a good shot with his shotgun too, but I'm not a big woman so if I can't brace myself against somethin' it'll knock me clean on my butt. Prob'ly dislocate my shoulder too." But when she was just trying to warn people off and not kill them, it was the better choice.

"I can skin and butcher an animal with a sharp knife, but I wouldn't say I could fight with one."

Nell looked down at the plants she was weeding. "Plants. The Land. Believe it or not, I'm more dangerous with those than anything else. Anywhere but here that is."