She's actually a little embarrassed that he teases her pipe smoking. I don't know a lot of women who smoke pipes, but all the ones I do know are varying types of badass. Badasses all, but badasses for different reasons.
Pipe Dream Queen
Sebastiana Moran languished in her plush leather computer chair. The room she sat in was mostly dark, save for her monitor and the soft glow of embers in her pipe.
From her monitor, a small beep sounded. She opened one eye lazily, then leaned forward to press the intercom button on the landline. "Bosh," she said, her pipe clenched between her teeth. Jim snickered on the other end of the line, and she quickly took the pipe out of her mouth, rolling her eyes. "Boss. Mobile GPS says he's in the house."
"He's not that stupid."
"Want to zero in? Investigate anyway?"
"Do it. Ta, darling!"
Prompt was from Merle, and it was: darling