...damnit. Why must she suffer alone? "I was just fiddling with it!" Damnit, this should not be as much of a blow to her pride as it is!
Okay, just...ignore how cute her alternate seems right now. That should be easy enough, she's got plenty of practice in denial, right? "Hey, uh, you feel up to a spar or something? You don't have a lot of chance to practice against someone your own strength, right?"