"Bent over"? [ The wording's paired with a quirk of his brow but her meaning quickly settles in. ]

Ah. Got it. I'll bear it in mind, but I didn't have any plans to drop my guard. [ There's something in the way she says it, though, meant to be flippant but sounding far more serious than her earlier comments have all the same. ]

I take it there's a reason you feel compelled to say something. Did something specific happen?