Then I am going to assume I'm in good hands. I'll be excited to see how you do. I'll be giving you a thorough report after our date is through. [light and teasing, flirty. Vander really did a good job at keeping her mind free from its usual static and she hoped she could do the same for him. it seemed like something he needed as much as she did.

she had been playing the part of tailor and her clothes were still too tame for her liking. she felt out of place but she'd had a role to play and so she swallowed that down. now that she was out of that, she unbuttons the top buttons of her top to show the butterfly tattoo on her chest.] Sounds fair to me. If I don't completely disappoint you then next time I'll dress up at least a little. How about that?

[she wonders what he's going to say. he seems to be thinking about it and that's promising. she didn't go into this hoping for something big and sweeping but something with at least a little thought was appreciated. though when he says that she reminds him of someone she could truly laugh. Maria had been born from a wish but it had been a specific one. yet she always did remind people of someone else.] A good friend of yours? [she assumes and still doesn't want to pry too much into anything that might bring the mood down. Maria never did remind people of anybody alive, after all.]