Kate's probably not like the kind of woman Gene's used to. It's not that she's immune to his humor -- and the day's only just beginning, so the possibility of her calling him a 'twat' isn't too far-fetched (though, there are plenty of other choice words in her vocabulary that she might sooner use).
But she comes from a point in time where womenfolk weren't always respected by men. They had their duties, their structured place in society, and often stood to the side while the men discussed politics, education, sciences and so forth.
She's not immune to his ways, she's simply used to having to prove she knows more than needlepoint and Yeats around strong, opinionated men who look and see... well, a 'totty'. She can be patient. She can also throw with just as much accuracy as she shoots, and will lob him one good with one of them hard brushes if he doesn't get his head out of his ass soon.
"Sooner y'get him brushed down, the sooner y'get him saddled up an' we start ridin'," she points out, hauling more leather bits and blankets out to set on a bench between Duncan and Beaut's stalls.
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Kate's probably not like the kind of woman Gene's used to. It's not that she's immune to his humor -- and the day's only just beginning, so the possibility of her calling him a 'twat' isn't too far-fetched (though, there are plenty of other choice words in her vocabulary that she might sooner use).
But she comes from a point in time where womenfolk weren't always respected by men. They had their duties, their structured place in society, and often stood to the side while the men discussed politics, education, sciences and so forth.
She's not immune to his ways, she's simply used to having to prove she knows more than needlepoint and Yeats around strong, opinionated men who look and see... well, a 'totty'. She can be patient. She can also throw with just as much accuracy as she shoots, and will lob him one good with one of them hard brushes if he doesn't get his head out of his ass soon.
"Sooner y'get him brushed down, the sooner y'get him saddled up an' we start ridin'," she points out, hauling more leather bits and blankets out to set on a bench between Duncan and Beaut's stalls.