[Look, when you spend as much time with Ailanne as she has, catching on to nonsense becomes second nature. The man speaks bullshit so fluently that even if (when) he'd tell her the truth, it was still couched in deflection and bluffs. Wave can't help but laugh, hoisting herself up and out of the pool now that she's sure she doesn't need to worry about him.

Thankfully the jacuzzi isn't too far away, so it's easy enough to retreat back to it, the hot water tingling on her skin as it chases the cold away.]

I knew you could handle it. [She's matching him, similarly folding her arms and resting them on the tile.] You seem to me like the kind of guy that doesn't back down from a challenge.

[Which is absolutely a positive, in her book. She knows she's got a reckless streak, and anyone who wants to flirt with her had better be able to keep up.]

Besides, it felt good, right? Once you get over the initial shock.