"It is with the things you no longer have access to that you threatened me with. That indicates that you have little confidence in your - shall we say - human abilities," the Bride said, a smirk in the corner of her mouth.

"I have no need to prove myself to you," she stated bluntly. "Beside, it would be an insult to the providence of challenge for em to issue one to an unworthy."

She wasn't baiting this woman. Well... maybe a little.