"If we bring a referee, then what happens if we get diiiiiiiiirty?" she laughed, wriggling against him. "And ... y-you think he wouldn't because ... uh. Because you'd hurt him? Kinda thing?"

She considered. "And I guess ... I m-mean. He was talking about you not having ... reasons to breathe. And if he's worried about you ..."

Taking one of them away wasn't such a great idea.