"But why was she using deadly weapons in a friendly spar?" Romeo asked tightly. He thought it was silly that Reno was making it his responsibility. "It's as if I asked you to stand by the paper the next time I practice with my guns. I could shoot around you" -- because cocky was a Romeo thing, too -- "but if I misaimed by even an inch..."

He trailed off. "Tell me how to talk to her without making of it a lecture, and I'll call."