What Doesn't Kill You /May/ Make You Stronger

The stranger wobbled and squeezed his eyes shut with such obvious pain that Corbie bit her lip in concern. "Of course you can lean on me," she assured him, moving to his side. "Don't worry, I'm stronger than I look." She looked pretty sturdy, so that wasn't really a concern anyway, but in her experience males tended to be reluctant to think of females as being as strong as a male the same size and weight. Studying him for a moment, she thought maybe he was having too much trouble with the light, so she added, "If you need to keep your eyes closed, that's all right. I'll go slow enough you can feel your way ahead, and I can guide you around anything major."