[It is gross! Super gross! He'd know, because he hears it all the dang time! But, setting it aside-]
You'd think so, but... some people can be shy. Give them time, they'll open up.
[Not everyone can be shameless and/or outgoing, apparently!]
Maybe we can~ Ah, first, though, do you mind...?
[He's gonna hold up his phone for a table selfie for the "eating together" prompt, if nothing else, but... also doesn't want to catch her off guard with it.]
As long as you're willing to do a second one for me.
[But yeah, hang on, she's going to just shift over next to him so that they can both be in frame for first his and then her photo. Scavenger hunt, check!]
[Oh! A blush! That's pretty cute, honestly, and has him lean forward a bit, ostensibly to get a better look.]
Huh. Could've fooled me. But anyway, I have dated before- [As if that wasn't obvious. But confirmation was good for the quiz.] -And I wasn't an only child, either.
[WOW DON'T PERCEIVE THAT???? That's just going to make it worse???????? But she's had lots of practice at pretending real damn hard that any blushes she may or may not be sporting don't actually exist, so it's fine, there's definitely no blush here, she just got sunburned yesterday!!]
It's not that there hasn't been anybody. We just never really discussed it, and then there wasn't an opportunity.
[But anyway isn't it bad form to discuss past flames at dinner with someone new? MOVING ON--she catches that phrasing, wasn't, and she nods at it.]
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You'd think so, but... some people can be shy. Give them time, they'll open up.
[Not everyone can be shameless and/or outgoing, apparently!]
Maybe we can~ Ah, first, though, do you mind...?
[He's gonna hold up his phone for a table selfie for the "eating together" prompt, if nothing else, but... also doesn't want to catch her off guard with it.]
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[But yeah, hang on, she's going to just shift over next to him so that they can both be in frame for first his and then her photo. Scavenger hunt, check!]
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[Scavenger hunt check and also check~!]
But hm... [Scanning the list-] Have you dated before?
[He thinks it's a pretty reasonable assumption - she's definitely confident enough!]
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Actually... I haven't. I opted not to when I was younger, and after Coriolis was destroyed there wasn't really much time for dating.
But I can tell you that I'm not from Earth and that I'm not--well, I wasn't--an only child.
And you?
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Huh. Could've fooled me. But anyway, I have dated before- [As if that wasn't obvious. But confirmation was good for the quiz.] -And I wasn't an only child, either.
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It's not that there hasn't been anybody. We just never really discussed it, and then there wasn't an opportunity.
[But anyway isn't it bad form to discuss past flames at dinner with someone new? MOVING ON--she catches that phrasing, wasn't, and she nods at it.]
I'm sorry. I won't ask, but it's terrible.