"You're not going to try and kill me, are you?" Lorna put up her fists - her very small but yet powerful fists! Yes, that's right! She was a giant magnet and...and...er. "I bet I could take you." She could stab him with a fork!
But perhaps he was just a big teddy bear. That seemed more likely. "My room's this way. Do you want anything first? Liiike, um...tea?" she asked, hopping up onto the first stair and holding the banister. "The Professor's sort of British even though I think he's really American. He drinks a lot of tea."