Oh, yeah. I get you? It's always a lot to get used to. The last place I was at, they had uh- you got money through physical contact? Like the energy here, except it was also money. Crazy, right?

[ it's hard not to notice the way bridget looks at her between glances to the menu. maybe two years ago, still newly hatched and uncertain, she might not have understood? but right now, with each hesitant glance bridget gives her, with the small tie around her chest and the curves that somehow seem more understated than her own...

she reaches forward, casually laying her hand on bridget's arm. maybe she can take the forward role for once. ]

Same to you. [ it's easy to say. she means it, after all. ] Hey, uh. Dumb question, but can I try your coffee? I don't really know if I want a whole one, haha.