"Hmm." She ponders this as she takes it, and then decides. "I believe I can handle kick."

After the portal gun? Any amount of kick is easy. Except maybe from some advanced military system. She carefully takes aim with the shotgun, and shoots a zombie in the side of the stomach. Then the neck. The next shot, though, hits the head square on. "Aims a little different than mine, but same basic principle." She nods.