Challenge me again woman

"Protect you?" His voice was a caustic hiss, each word dripping with contempt. "Don't flatter yourself, Xana. This ain't some blasted storybook where a knight rescues his damsel. This world doesn't give two clicks about your misplaced trust or notions of heroism. Here, kindness gets you gutted and left for scavengers! Survival is a bloody game, Xana, claws against teeth, and you're playing with a butterfly net! Don't think for a second you're the one who needs safeguarding. You're a liability, a target with your wide-eyed innocence. Stay back. That's an order. It's the only way I can keep you from getting yourself, and maybe even me, killed!"