[That. Absolutely has him interested, yes, if the way his eyes light up is anything to go off of.]
Changing it up sounds like an adventure on its own. I can think of a lot of ways to drive you crazy. [It's casual and flirty without a lot of meaning behind it, a habit borne out of being so comfortable with her that he thinks almost nothing of it now. Just because they're doing this for survival doesn't mean he can't make sure she's enjoying herself.] You'll have to show me how they work to make sure they don't slip or anything.
No, hey...you're not. I'm pretty worried, too. [They're only human, after all, on this fucking crazy ship.] We'll try everything we can whether he likes it or not. I promise.
[Don't embarrass him!! He doesn't want to agree but he thinks disagreeing wouldn't really be useful either so he settles on a half-shrug before moving right along.]
It would have been kind of amazing if you think about it. You're also one of the people I got along with pretty much right away. [There's a light laugh.] Think about all of the stuff we could've done together if we were just back home and living a normal life. But nothing says we can't do that when we get back anyway, does it?
[Sometimes you just decide you're going to find ways to adapt your SHIFTing abilities to benefit you. It's fine. He's stubborn.]
You kidding? "Just okay" is already leagues better than how things started out with my last team. [He's. Only half kidding. C-Team was a fucking mess.]
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