Yes

You swallowed hard and meekly hand over the ray-gun. Even though you could probably overpower the now smaller Steve there was something in her manner that made you unwilling to try.

You dropped it into her gloved hand and took half a step back as she held it up for inspection.

"What an interesting device" she mused "Tell me, wherever did you acquire such a thing?"

You told the story of how you found it as simply as you could and when you are done she gave a nod and...