"They may be trying to pay me a compliment."

"I mean, I guess—do they think all greys just do all grey things?"

"Probably not, no one's ever asked me if I dabble in line dancing."

"Oh so they're literally actually flirting. Ish. Wow."

"I take it that's not the kind of tactlessness she'd find at the university?"

"Yeah, no, that'd be sexual harassment. Which is sometimes given a pass if it's spring and stuff but not that kind of stuff."

"I don't like getting emails like this but I'm not sure it's as egregious - or at least not as rare - as you're suggesting, my sister's in her winter-three classes and she's dancing track, and apparently publicly known greys get asked if they hook on the side pretty routinely, she's being warned about that in advance. Like, if you want to sleep with Lanik Tis you just kind of have to cross your fingers and show up to fan events, but if you want to sleep with a dancer you have some hope they'll do it for money?"

"Well. That's a way for the world to be, I guess."

"Yup."

"Well, none of that at the university! .......at least not in public. I think."

"I live in hope."

"Could bring me too, then if any of them want in on that hot capitalist grey action and don't mind the primary sex characteristics differences..."

"Here is my talk on statistical modeling; if it has made you unbearably horny let me refer you to my date here?"

He giggles. "I bet I know enough statistics to get by!"

Snort.

"Well I'm sure there are any greens who'd be tempted. Don't know whether they're at the university. They might be more interested in the existence of two distinct greys who know any statistics."

"Blogs like Pelape's—at least the sports part—aren't that uncommon."

"Yeah, there's Bellcurve and Stick, there's Bookie Bay, there's Field Guide."

"Yes, yes, it was only a joke, they probably know those too."

"I met the Bellcurve and Stick grey once, she was nice."

"Should we turn this into a harem of some sort?"

Snort. "Down, boy, it's not even spring yet."

"You're probably really something in spring," chuckles Pelape.

"There's a reason I do more in-person work than performance in spring!"

"Well I didn't know that but it makes sense with what I know of you."