The answer to they likely to hurt you? was 'probably not?'. They were rarely harsh toward her, but they were also unpredictable and she had both seen and heard stories of the things they'd done to other people, sometimes for small acts. So... probably they wouldn't hurt her for giving away a gift, but there was no way to be completely sure.
But instead she said, "no, they wouldn't hurt me. But I don't want to upset them." She thought about it a little more. "Yep, give me a little while to make sure this isn't a... 'shared gift' and then I'll give it to you."