You sure have a way with words, don't you, Mr. Cross?

[She can't stop herself from, well— teasing. And that makes her shake her head, holding her hands up again as if she wasn't already too late to stop herself...]

Nonononono, I mean— I can Definitely take this seriously!

And you're not mean! You're really nice. I know we just confused Merlin! But—

[She puts her hand to her chin thoughtfully, crossing the other one over her chest.]

I keep thinking about, right before then? Merlin got kind of drunk when he was all dog-butt and ears.

And... he was really upset about the way I talked to him. Before that, some time before you got here... I made my friend Riley feel like I didn't take her seriously, too, and it really hurt her feelings.

And then Trish... She's really a good girl! She's kind of scary, but it's just that mega-cool-girl attitude! Like, you know, a popular girl on TV?

[Why is that the descriptor...?]

She acted like she had no idea she was being mean, you know?

So maybe... I'm missing something.