"Not to mention the twin bond. You two have literally been together your whole lives," Scrooge pointed out. "No, lass, there's no need for an explanation for why you two are so close. It's a bit enviable, really."

He gave an unrepentant grin.

"I might not have turned them into toads and hexed their tongues and eyes but I certainly made them wish I had."

Destroying someone's entire financial world was one way to make the hurt last.