Miles grinned when she made her joke. I think she's realizing how funny this is. Obnoxious, yes, but funny. No harm, no foul, right?

"I'd pay good rhinn to see that," he said. "You're way less of a delicate flower than i am." Delicate flower? Him? He only got chased through a hell hospital and lost a couple limbs. She's a Hellhound archangel whatever with a literal, actual monster inside her. If it had been a contest, it would have been Valdis, hands down.

"Besides, then I'd have had to kiss you, and you might have snapped my neck as soon as you realized what had happened," he joked.