Sun Mote Copse we dropped the ball a little on that one.

Now she was irritated.  She'd been doing so well, walking around without issue, but now he had to go make her run into a tree.  And not particularly softly, either.  She'd been moving to step away with some confidence, and now was paying for that with a nice knot between the ears.

Just because I'm a bitch doesn't mean I'm lying, she said, her voice a little tight now for the first time in response to the ache.  Fortunately it started fading fairly quicky.  Are you blind too, or just dumb? 

That one was uncalled for, even she knew it.  But that hurt, and now he was going to go and start making a big deal out of it? She'd thought he was cool with it, but apparently he just hadn't believed her in the first place.