She turns on a neat dime and advances on him without a thought to how he towers over her, raging and spewing smoke.

"I said I was gonna stay up a while. I said I'd feed the fire, an' wash up, an' I honestly didn't think I had t'spell it out for you!"

Why is everything such a battle of wills with him?

"An' you never once denied wantin' me last night. 'There's better ways'a keepin' warm,' 'why don't y'come massage my kinks out,' 'you want it as much as I do...'"

She flushes.

"If that's not what y'wanted, why couldn't y'just say what y'meant? Why can't you ever jus' say what y'mean?"