"All right," he says, loudly enough to cover any more shrieking, "let's teach you how to get out of a grapple. You've got a couple of options, but here's the easiest. You're a girl--you've got a lower center of gravity. That means, if you bend your knees, bend over, and tumble, your new coat'll go falling first. You're not doin' that to me, though, you're gonna bring your foot up as high as you can and stomp on my foot as hard as you can."

A beat, then, "do it with your left, though." That time he stabbed through his right foot means it still aches sometimes.