Protects from things "fired"

“Anyway,” I said. “It’s a rush job, and I haven’t exactly tested yours or mine, but it should block most bullets. I…don’t know if it’ll block anything else, but it might work on lasers and stuff, too.”

Lisa looked back at me and started to put the pendant on. “Lasers?” she asked.

“Anything that’s ‘fired,’” I clarified.

“That’s pretty broad.” Once the clasp was fastened, she pulled her hair up and out of the way of the chain so that it rested against her neck. Then, she looked down and fidgeted with the pendant until it rested just beneath the notch at the base of her throat. “Bullets, lasers, missiles…”

“Ah,” I said, “probably not missiles…”

Lisa blinked. “Not missiles?”

“Missiles have an area of effect,” I explained. “They’re not hitting you, exactly, so the pendant can’t block them.”

Lisa looked down at her new pendant again. “Holy shit, really? So, as long as it’s a projectile that’s fired and it doesn’t have an area of effect like a missile, this little thing will protect me from it?”

“It should.”