Jasmine smirke at the weapon in my hand. "That little toothpick won't save you, Gypsy. " "Touthpick?" Vic muttered in an indignant voice. “Did she just call me a bleeding toothpick? Kill her! Kill her now!
A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means.