[Oh, she feels five inches tall alright. But the insults are so familiar, so very much like what one of her family members would say, that she manages to trip into her courage. She bristles as she starts to argue, her voice still meek and cracking.]

You weren't much better, wandering off into the woods after that thing without an ounce of knowledge about them. I came out here to help you, and the least you could do was thank me, if it weren't for me you wouldn't have it at all.