"Maybe so," she said with a smile. "Maybe she'd like to know how certain that maybe is!" And maybe it was a bit silly that they were now talking in third person. But she liked silly sometimes, it felt really nice and almost like they were relaxing a bit.

"That's straightforward," she said with a chuckle. A lot more straightforward than she was used to him being when it came to his feelings. "I'll remember that for next time."