Now this was making Maheegan mad. "Oh yeah? You're scared of a cow!" she returned, doing her best to barb her words. She rose to her tip-toes to aid herself on the height front, very pleased with herself that she was taller than him...at least for now. That was bound to change in coming years, but now was what really mattered. Predictably she went straight to that point to argue: 

"You're shorter than me, so who's the baby now, huh? Ha!" She stuck her tongue out and then moved on to her next point, which was admittedly her weakest. "And I wouldn't say you're smarter than me. Since you're scared of a cow." She pushed a lock of dark hair out of her face and glared.