[ She doesn't know if she could bear to talk to him on such familiar terms so soon, especially because he does seem so deserving of some sort of title, but if he insists then she'll do her best. (He is not insisting by a normal person's measure, but he does seem to be insisting loudly by a gentlemans' measure.) ]

Ah— no, please don't feel guilty. If anything, I'm happy that you were able to defend yourself.

[ She would have been quite guilty indeed to come upon a corpse on the store's front step... ]

Truthfully, there have been a lot of attacks lately. It's been troubling everyone.