[There's a scowl in reply to that, and he moves to try to pick up the book that fell out of his hands.]

That's not a reason to go pinching people...

[Not that he's all that familiar with St. Patrick's customs himself, of course-- there's an annoyed huff as he looks her over, though, scrutinizing.]

Aren't you too old to be doing something like that, anyway? You're in middle school, aren't you?

[Says the boy who's way too serious for his age and forgets to be a kid!!]