Maybe it's just because she's used to being next to disgruntled IT people all day, but that answer has her smiling just a little bit as she blinks for a second.
What a ... friendly thing to say. He didn't yell, or tell her to watch it, or threaten to fire her (okay, maybe that last worry is just something she's been internalizing from home for awhile). But when she sees that wink at the end, she feels a sudden, inexplicable fluttering in her chest, and when a woman like Felicity gets nervous ... well, she talks.
"I'm so glad you think so. Because it'd be really terrible if I broke your nose, since you have a really fantastic ..." She motions towards his nose, but the word that comes out her mouth is: "..face." Oh dear. "I mean, whose face wouldn't be ruined by a broken nose. It's probably literally impossible to look attractive with ... you know ... blood and dripping and ... oooohkay I'm gonna stop talking now and you- You can pretend like you've never met me."
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What a ... friendly thing to say. He didn't yell, or tell her to watch it, or threaten to fire her (okay, maybe that last worry is just something she's been internalizing from home for awhile). But when she sees that wink at the end, she feels a sudden, inexplicable fluttering in her chest, and when a woman like Felicity gets nervous ... well, she talks.
"I'm so glad you think so. Because it'd be really terrible if I broke your nose, since you have a really fantastic ..." She motions towards his nose, but the word that comes out her mouth is: "..face." Oh dear. "I mean, whose face wouldn't be ruined by a broken nose. It's probably literally impossible to look attractive with ... you know ... blood and dripping and ... oooohkay I'm gonna stop talking now and you- You can pretend like you've never met me."