... I do not have the patience for another story like that. [ Because she doesn't want to admit that she hasn't the foggiest... a haunted puddle, what even...?

Maybe she was a little curious but giving him an inch would be too much. ]

Something much more refined than a simple hook.

[ Though whether or not he'd still hurt himself with it, that was something else. ]

Though the technology here is already questionable at best, to provide a suitable replacement. It might take some work.