She gives a slightly awkward breath of laughter at that, not sure it's a complimentary trait to be unyielding like that, suddenly remembering all the times she's been called a bossy bitch -- in jest and not. "Yeah."

Unfortunately that's weakening her convenient excuse for being here in the first place, but she doesn't have time to worry about that now. She has the good grace to look ashamed when he turns her words around, realizing in hindsight just how she'd sounded. "I didn't mean... that was a poor choice of words. It's just that sometimes..." Sighing in defeat, she glances back to her food and pokes at her noodles. "Never mind, forget it. So, why did you join?"