Someone being a "bit prickly" hasn't been a deterrent for me yet.

[ If anything, it is just the opposite. Claude happens to LOVE getting under the skin of people who are "a bit prickly." It brings him no small amount of joy.

The blonde here isn't subtle at all and Claude has to stop himself from laughing and telling him that. Really, he might as well have just told Claude everything bluntly. ]

Of course you wouldn't and you didn't. [ A wink ] Aaaand I would never think of following up on it, if anything was said at all.