[There's an odd little flicker of something in her gaze as he says doc and then corrects herself. You'd have to be looking closely to see it, because it lasts only a moment, but it's there.]

Suit yourself. I'm surprised you're taking it so well, though. [She's not lecturing, just talking.] I used to chafe under my mother's instruction, to the point where I learned to climb trees simply to escape her gaze.