A good plan. She does treat me well, so I might have objected somewhat to the latter. [ He smiles. ] Consider it a date, then! At some point, in any case.

[ when things are less terribly awkward with marduk, at least... He starts to glance away, but pauses and looks back again with an ear perked up curiously. ]

Ah, by the by, were you any sort of serious in regards to our earlier mentions of sleeping with one another?