She paused to consider him carefully at that, holding in a breath of smoke before slowly releasing it. "Well, I can't say you didn't deserve it," she pointed out wryly, though it was gentler than even she expected, devoid of the malice that so often laced her words when they argued. "It's true, though. You're lucky I never took a swing at you."

Which wasn't to say she hadn't been tempted, especially back when they'd found Max high on morphine. That was a detail, though, that she thought it best to keep to herself.