You're a dork, you know that? [He can't quite fight off a grin of his own, despite his earlier anger, and he wriggles a bit closer to her to speak in a whisper.] Careful. Don't want to wake up the monsters.
[He drops jokes like this now and then, just to gauge her reaction: if she's ever too defensive in her denial of what he's said, then she won't be coming back. But as long as she can roll with them, she's probably still alright.]
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[He drops jokes like this now and then, just to gauge her reaction: if she's ever too defensive in her denial of what he's said, then she won't be coming back. But as long as she can roll with them, she's probably still alright.]