Before her fist could connect, he hooked his arm into her elbow, stepped into her at an angle so one of his feet was behind her, and shoved her backward to trip her over his foot. Except he didn't trip her. He grabbed her by the arms before she went down.

"You're good. Where'd you learn to fight?" Ramsey asked, making sure she had her balance before he stepped back.

Echo puffed the stray hairs out of her face. "Childhood, basically. I grew up with five ...