
Maisie did a double-take at Ash as his teeth landed gently on her finger. She squinted, though there was a light blush to her face. "Is that all you got, Shortcake? You're an idiot if you think that's all I can take. I ain't some dainty porcelain doll! You give me to a baby and I can take a beating from all that thumping and whacking and throwing me across the room. I'll break the wall before the wall breaks me!"
She took another finger and jabbed him in the cheek this time, a little gentler than when she was when she was poking his ribs but still a little rough all the same. Her teasing and friendly goading continued. "Maybe you don't even know how to bite. That'd be awful sad, y'know, and you'd have to go around drinking blood from cups. I bet even I know how to bite, and I ain't even one of you!"