"Oh, definitely." Babs doesn't let herself dwell on those times too often, but... Leah asked.

Her voice is warm with the memory. "I was... amazing. Short, and so obviously a girl, and everyone I went up against was bigger than me and thought I was just playing at it. There was always this moment, this expression that would spread across their faces, when they realized a girl half their size had just taken them down. And made it look easy."

And that wasn't even getting into the adrenaline. So much adrenaline.