She watched him for a long moment before answering despite the twisting in her gut and the small voice in the back of her mind urging her to take the out he offered. "I upset my mother and she disciplined me as per her custom." She shrugged nonchalantly. "I've long since gotten over wasting energy on being rattled." Now if only she could manage to convince herself that it wasn't worth getting upset over.
The touch of a cold nose to the back of her knee was a welcome distraction and she dropped her hand down for Jock to worry gently at her fingers with his sharp puppy teeth.