[Serene bridles at that tone from this fancy newcomer]

And what is your plan, to sneer it at until it shrivels from your disdain? My solution is to find a weakened part of the fence and weaken its structural integrity further so that I can cause part of it to collapse.

[She lifts her nose in the air and keeps on walking, looking for somewhere hopeful]

If you have a better idea than the application of force, little man, spit it out.