"There are tricks," Colin says, smiling. "Multi-spectrum vision, sound overlays, chemical analysis, laser sighting. I like to know where all the hazards are, especially the ones the typical eye can't see. I'd be happy to share details with you later on."

Then he pauses, and he shakes his head. "I know you're confident, but this is a new environment. We lost a demon knight who'd been alive for quite some time, and had fought quite a few foes. I'm sure you're capable and I don't mean to insinuate otherwise... but the stuff out there survived the end of the world. It's capable too, and it's had a lot of opportunities to prove why."