"I don't... I don't know what a gnome even is." But, hey, the fastest way to get him to stop laughing is to touch him, so he goes from chuckling to recoiling in no time at all, expression darkening for a moment until he realizes there's no threat and she's not going to do it again. Proving he can dish it out, but can't take it is an artform he doesn't realize he excels at.

He wrinkles his nose- quite a bit of show for just some mild nose-booping. "Rocket. Nice to meet somebody that I can see over the top of their head."

He's so wonderful at social niceties.