She chuckled softly. Cookies and coffee. If only they would win her good will here. Everyone liked the cook, right? she thought. She snorted in amusement. "Really now? How strange," she said, wondering what the woman had done to clam up like that over that particular question. She lifted up one shoulder almost negligently. "I don't like me or my things being messed with," she said. Her lips curved up a little further. "Let's just say he learned a permanent lesson in 'no means no.'"