Is that kettle particularly interesting now? They are from intrinsically different worlds, but there was something agreeable about the company of someone like him - whether it be their extended lifetimes, or their parallels of experience, ill-shaped by magic and brittle choice. Whatever it is, it's a surprise, loathe as she is to admit. Her disposition hardly made it easy to get along, after all, no matter how distracting she could be.

But, at his answer, she laughs, open amusement. "Oh, she certainly thought so," she waves a hand, dismissive. "Though, if you feel you need to thank me, that means you thought I was doing you a favour. It was mutually beneficial — unless you intend on asking me to set her a curfew."