[She was looking at her. Fuck, she was looking at her, with a kind of sort of mature interest that was patient and ... Yeah, Vira-Lorr's heart skipped a beat. For a split second, she felt a century or two younger, but for different reasons than she had with Makoto. She hadn't had anyone be this... mature about the whole thing except arguably Keith, and that... had been a terrible idea from the start. This? This was something very different.

Feeling the heat starting to form, she thought about it and the swallowed before managing a small smile.]

It's tradition. I... think I'd like to keep that tradition. We could think of it as ... a little experiment. To see how it feels. While we're both still figuring things out.

And I know, I know you didn't invite me here for something like that. You're not like that. Thank you for being patient with an old woman, heh.