[ She snags his hand and kisses the back of it, then keeps it to hold. ]

Speaking of dear friends... something I should let you know. Two things, I guess. You've been great about me having more explicitly romantic connections with others given my nature, but I always want to be sure to let you know. [ She never wants to hide anything from him. ]

One of those people is Venti, feel free to lightly tease him if you want to, goodness knows we insisted it wasn't 'like that' long enough to deserve it. The other is Red Son... and I'm sure you know that teasing would only embarrass him. [ So please be delicate, if it's brought up at all. ]

[ She looks up, how we doing? ]