Rather than deterred by his threatening tone, Tig was spurred on. "Are you trying to be uncouth again or do you mean that literally?" She was trying to - probably ill-advisedly - aggravate him even more for the purpose of her own amusement. What she wouldn't admit to herself was that the more intimidating he tried to be, the more of a rush it gave her, and of late that had been evolving into something else entirely.
