You're hardly the first person to give her that look, Severus, and as a result Claire is more than prepared to return the volley with a look of her own, trying to climb the inches between them in an effort to compensate for what she can't match. It's silly, even more so here in the middle of a spaceship's hallway with numbers etched into their skin and communicators that crackle with static and strange messages when she puts her ear up to it. But maybe that's a little necessary at times.

Either way, what Claire lacks in height she makes up for in sheer ferocity. It's just his luck that she isn't the one who's hellbent on breaking his face - although, part of her thinks she might like to know who is, just for the sake of knowing - and is rather momentarily fiercely devoted to crowbarring her way into his time aboard the ship.

"Don't tell anyone. People might stop taking me seriously if they thought I was inconsistent."