"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."

"Yeah, he already explained that is a matter of personal pride and I admire that."

"I personally would feel—indebted?—in a way I don't love to feel."

"My problem isn't exactly debt, but close? I wouldn't like so much money changing hands because of me, because I wouldn't feel indepedent enough."

She nods along this explanation. It makes total sense to her.

"But, as you mentioned earlier, you're okay when things are not really important or when they are effortless to the gift-giver, right?"

"Well, yeah. I'm not going to complain if you want to get me and Liam an expensive suite for a few days, don't worry."

"I confess I don't know what the price differential actually is there. I'm sure you could find a suite as expensive as the surgery, though."

"I would object to those, yeah."

"Alright. I will not take you anywhere that is expensive enough to pay for reconstructive knee surgery. Honestly, these places are overrated and worst of all only have blue patrons. The worst blue patrons."

"Which are those?"

"Blue patrons or overrated places?"

"I mean which amongst the blues are the worst," she clarifies.

"Ah, the ones that act like every nonblue exists to serve them. Or who couldn't care less about nonblues."

"Are those particularly rich, then?"

"Not necessarily, but the places we are talking about - in my experience - often attract the sort that are like that. I'm not sure what the poor subtype does."

"Okay but wait, why do these places attract people like that?—I have hypotheses but I wanna hear your explanation first."

(Oh look she's no longer focusing on sex.)