canon is rob thurman's trickster series. point is end "trick of the light"

[paien]

Didn't you just get through lecturing yourself about being stretched too thin? Not like it's my job to get you out of trouble, kid, but I don't like seeing my own walk into a bad spot blind. You might not be an expert yet, but you know me well enough to know that.

[ She rolls her eyes and continues about her business, pouring a shot and knocking it back without so much as the flutter of a lash. ]

I guess you're not walking too much of a tightrope if you just keep me in your private puddles and out of the big pond. It's all fun and games 'til someone loses an eye, right?