Derek has to look away when she responds to that. Her words sting him in a way he doesn't expect them to, but mostly because it feels like she's talking about him, even though he knows that she isn't; has no way of knowing what he's been through and how that's affecting him and his daily life, especially here in Cadelle.

His eyebrows lift a little and he looks back at her, though, when she gives her suggestion. "...that's actually a really good idea. I have no idea why I didn't think of it myself..." he says thoughtfully, giving a little facial shrug. Probably because he's so used to having to hide who he is and even though he's gotten much better at being open about it in Cadelle, every once in a while, the decades of conditioning will come back and he'll forget that it's safe to be who he really is.

...that and it might complicate things a little doing that at work, seeing as how when he transitions back out of the wolf, he's naked. That could cause some problems. He'll have to think about it.

Derek finishes the box and looks over at her. "Think I should try another one or is this a lost cause?" he asks with a little laugh, holding his box up for her to look at. All the things that are supposed to be in it are in it, but it doesn't look very nice.