"Hey, I rate above doing your hair. Definitely a win." He couldn't actually remember the last time he'd bantered this way with a woman, at least in a way that actually meant something, not the playful chatter between himself and Murphy. Sure, Murph was cute, strong, and if things were different, he'd definitely go for it, but she was Murph, and she most certainly did not think of him that way.

"What, a guy can't ask a friend he's been to two worlds with out to lunch without there being some kind of ulterior motive?"