i guess part of it is Liz's maternal protective instinct and part of it is that she knows Paige was raised as a soft American, while Liz was raised hard as fuck.

She's still appealing to Paige's passion for social justice but scared to throw her in the deep end and hit her with the real about how how mom has to fuck and kill people on a regular basis.

I bought that she handled the general since I just took it as he has no idea she has skills like that. He probably hasn't seen action since Korea which would have been 35 years ago.