"Yeah, there's space for the three of us."

Tanya heads upstairs with her armload of books.

Asher follows. 

"I hit on Tony, by the way," he says to Tanya, "but I don't know if he's gay."

"As it happens I am extremely bisexual!"

"...hmm," says Tanya. She doesn't quite smile, but she's definitely somewhere in the neighbourhood.

"It's a good kind of bisexual to be."

"There are many advantages."

"What about you?"

"I... am not sure I have enough data to draw good conclusions?"

"Well, I for one volunteer to be part of the control group."

"So far you're the entire study!"

"Oh, no, you can't generalize from a sample size that small."

"Hence lamenting my lack of data!"

"Do we want to work on portals or do we want to help you collect more data?"

"I could go for either, personally."

"We'll see."

They arrive at the room.

"That would have sounded much more alluringly mysterious if this conversation had happened, like, thirty seconds earlier."

"You'll just have to settle for being adorable."

"I can accept this."