She cocks a look at him, on her way to answering him with the obvious tease and jab. And then he finishes with that remark, making her eyes widen a touch and any comment she might have made dissolve into laughter.

"I meant," she says, leaning in and tugging at his coil of rope, "with this."

She grins sharply, getting to her tiptoes to plant one last kiss on him.

"Get in the saddle, lawman."