"Oh, it is absolutely enormously Funny! Quite hilarious, in fact!" Still grinning, she pulled her hands apart, and-- where did she get that dagger?? Where had she been hiding it? Had she simply made it appear between her hands there, with magic?

Yes, yes she had.

And now she was holding it out to him, hilt-first, offering it up.

"Go ahead! Would you like me to cry out? I could protest, if it would make you feel better!"