Ohhhhhh, yes! Absolutely peachy, thank you very much! [With a finger-twiddling wave hello!
He actually... hasn't been in perfect running order, but no one's got to know that.
Winds the wave into a twirling point.]
And for you, sweetheart, those "few days" sure must have been exciting!
[He means it in a casual, not-mean-spiritedly-taking-the-mickey sort of way, and tries to bring it across that way with a very up-and-down tone and a fringe of laughter - in his book, there's not much reason to go quiet for days on end unless something else is keeping one busy. It doesn't refer at all to her changed looks, which he honestly wasn't planning on bringing up - he's seen weirder! - but it'll come off how it comes off.]
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He actually... hasn't been in perfect running order, but no one's got to know that.
Winds the wave into a twirling point.]
And for you, sweetheart, those "few days" sure must have been exciting!
[He means it in a casual, not-mean-spiritedly-taking-the-mickey sort of way, and tries to bring it across that way with a very up-and-down tone and a fringe of laughter - in his book, there's not much reason to go quiet for days on end unless something else is keeping one busy. It doesn't refer at all to her changed looks, which he honestly wasn't planning on bringing up - he's seen weirder! - but it'll come off how it comes off.]