It's pretty jokey, or so Kate thinks when she makes it. But then Johanna is speaking softly against the back of her neck as she directs her arm, and she has a moment to wonder whether she has miscalculated. Maybe she should have played it broader, exaggerated the voice so that there was no chance Johanna could miss it. But if she's missed it then this little escalation makes no sense, right? She must get it but be joking back, since otherwise she's actually flirting and that-- that thought is about to make Kate laugh. She never has a chance to (which is maybe just as well because it might have come out a more unsteady sort of laugh than she'd like).

Before she can Johanna gives her that shove and Kate stumbles a step forward. But just a step, distracted but quick-footed. "What the hell?" She's clearly annoyed at most, bemused more than mad and the weird tension of the moment before - whatever it was - quickly forgotten. She turns, axe still in hand, arm having fallen heavily back to her side as she caught her balance. She gives Johanna's shoulder a shove in return in token retaliation and steps back up toward the target.

Her wind up is better this time and the release too, and this time the axe bites into the wall just southwest of the target. Kate is clearly still dissatisfied, and she cocks her head to walk back through it in her mind as she frowns. She doesn't head down the line right away, instead taking up axe number two from the mat.