"Felt personal," Daine replies, her righteous indignation slipping just enough for some of her hurt to show through. "Didn't feel very friendly, either." It certainly isn't something any of her friends from home would have done. "Where I'm from, pressing your obvious advantage just to make someone else feel foolish is something you do to your rivals, not your friends."

And that's if it's done at all. She could mention it's the sort of behavior folk would expect from children or cowards, not the decent or honorable, but she's not out to insult Andrew. She just wants to make sure he quits lording things over her.