It being horrible means she probably only fights on rare occasion, which classifies her as a civilian in Dan's mind. It means he trusts himself to be the strongest firepower here.

"Winning's better than the alternative." He gives her an encouraging smile. "Okay, so the way I see it, we can't leave them wastelanders to get butchered. I counted eleven guards total that I seen on this floor, including the ones in the chamber."

Too many for a one-on-one fight. Either they'll need to keep splintering the group of guards up or cause a commotion.

"We need a diversion on a bigger scale than the dog, not that I'm knocking the dog none. Got ideas?"