[ She hasn't completely backed away from him, yet— in fact, she seems pretty content where she is, leaving her arms wrapped around his middle and her face pressed up against the side of his arm, watching the line for any tell-tale signs of struggle. ]

Um... Kind of a long time. [ Check out my vague answer.

She does elaborate, though: ] It's not really supposed to be used like this, but... I sort of improvised. It's kind of like a regular fishing pole, right? But a regular fishing pole would be harder to fight with. When you need to find food, you just find a way!

[ Even if it means beating people up after they treated you to lunch (but called you barbarians mid-meal)... ]