It's said rather too dryly to really count as gratitude, but it is still meant to be a thank-you and not a go-away. She doesn't mind Alexander's presence. The club's owner might take interest in what she does, but in a way that she surprisingly doesn't mind - a pleasant mix between not strictly understanding what she's doing but appreciating it with expertise, anyway. Not many people can do that. Usually you either get armchair mechanics, snobby dudes or overwhelmed little old ladies as types of observers. Alexander falls in neither of those categories.
And, she has found, for one reason or the other he doesn't make it harder for her supernatural tech skills to not malfunction. Most people - even some numbered people - do.
"I'm not going to promise anything, but I'll do my best." Her hands are still busy taking things apart and drying them off while she talks, her eyes on her work and not on him. "Can you get me more paper towels?"
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It's said rather too dryly to really count as gratitude, but it is still meant to be a thank-you and not a go-away. She doesn't mind Alexander's presence. The club's owner might take interest in what she does, but in a way that she surprisingly doesn't mind - a pleasant mix between not strictly understanding what she's doing but appreciating it with expertise, anyway. Not many people can do that. Usually you either get armchair mechanics, snobby dudes or overwhelmed little old ladies as types of observers. Alexander falls in neither of those categories.
And, she has found, for one reason or the other he doesn't make it harder for her supernatural tech skills to not malfunction. Most people - even some numbered people - do.
"I'm not going to promise anything, but I'll do my best." Her hands are still busy taking things apart and drying them off while she talks, her eyes on her work and not on him. "Can you get me more paper towels?"