[ Just -- waving a hand. Don't thank him. Actually really, really don't thank him, he doesn't want to have to think too much about this shit. He likes Sonia, he likes her a lot, she makes him think of family. Just. He really doesn't want to think about it. ]

She does deserve it. You'll do fine.

[ Somehow. Just. You do you, Tucker. It's apparently working so far. A thought, though. ]

-- Her birthday's next month, Tucker. The fourteenth. Ask her if you can take her out again, then.