[ For as long as they've known one another, she'd better know that look. Likewise, Harper knows a weapons grade deflection when she sees one. The only difference between Luci and everyone else in the world is that it actually works. Puffing a sigh, her posture unlocks. ]

I never said that. [ Turning on her heel, she makes for the kitchen sink to wash out the cloth she'd been using. ] I'm just never going to get to the bottom of this if I don't know why.

[ She may be wringing the cloth a little more... forcefully... than necessary.

Look, she has to have an outlet of some kind for her failed bravado. ]

Hasn't it been long enough?

[ Haven't enough good kitchen appliances fallen. ]