Macbook Air general question

Ok, guys i have a question which sounds really ridiculous but as a new mac user, i cant stop thinking about it.
Recently, i just bought my macbook air 13 inch.
Yesterday, my wife was using it and she constantly used her fingers to drum around the area next to the trackpad and when she drums, she drums hard and i could hear her fingers hitting the aluminium body repeatedly.
She also used her thumb to hit against the smooth aluminium edge on the area below the trackpad repeadtedly.
My wife's really rough with my laptop and she did it for almost half the day. Is the Macbook Air's aluminim body able to withstand all these actions or will the trackpad and battery get damaged?
Sorry for the stupid question and thank tou for all your feedbacks/answers

Unless you start denting the case, the internal components will be fine. No hammers, please.
Ciao.
The only time I dented a MBP is when I dropped a three foot 2" x 4" piece of wood on it. (very stupid of me).
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