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That's ignoring context clues because you want to imagine that kris and dess had a positive relationship. Dess hit kris often enough for noelle to not just use her as a threat, but immediately apologize for it.

>* Gosh, you're lucky Dess isn't here!
>* Otherwise YOU'D be facedown in a mousepile!
>* ...
>* S... sorry, I didn't mean to get so mad.
>* Sure... okay, we can try again.

Dess hit kris, like actually hit kris.