"Me too then. Three?"

"Three then," Teo agrees smiling.

    "Okay! I'll be right back with your order. I hope you enjoy it!" She gives him a winning smile and off she goes.

"They're not like that when I'm on my own," Sahde muses.

"I know, sorry. But people see blue and basically stop seeing everything else. It's more than a little bit insulting, I know, but it's hardly her fault."

"On the other hand when I'm on my own people flirt a lot more in spring."

"From an already very high flirtation baseline. One assumes."

"One alas assumes incorrectly."

"You're the most flirtatious person that I know. And you're up there with being flirted with."

"Aww, you're too sweet."

"I try."

"I'll admit I'm not above using caste stereotypes in my favour."

"Hey, if you're not blue you have to use all the tools that you can to get ahead."

He squeezes Ovali's shoulder, hey, look more of that magic-to-the-knee thing.

Presumably he's using his own knee as the blueprint.

"If by 'ahead' you mean 'laid,' sure."

"You would know, wouldn't you?"

"Like you don't do the same!"

"Defamation! I'm a professional."

"He is very professional."

"I have had firsthand experience of that, yes, but we were talking about what we do in our free time were we not?"

"Oh, yes. Ovali, have you managed to get back to that sword-dancing style that you were into?"

"Not yet. But hopefully soon."

Oh, look more healing magic.

She sure is glad that this blue is using magic to help his grey friend.

"Will you be able to, with your knee?"

"I probably should never do that series of jumps that I showed you the other day, but yes."

"That's great! I'm glad to see it's recovering."

She so does not look at Teo while saying this.

Teo does not look at her. "Wish you would let me pay for the surgery already."

"I can understand not wanting someone else to pay for this stuff."