[she notices his expression, and wonders a bit about it. normally people would embrace the quiet -- she certainly does, at times. with her coming back and some of the conversations she'd had here before she left, though, she feels a bit more of a stir to be less... boring. the desperate need to spend time with Jinx and Caitlyn in fear of losing them when she went back home had kind of overruled everything.

and yet, she did lose Jinx. but she's working on that part here, in Aldrip.

she smirks a bit at him when he protests, though.]

See, that's the thing about Cait. Once she decides she cares about you, she gets super stubborn about that sort of thing.

[which is... kind of nice, in Vi's case. to be cared for, for once in her life, instead of being the caretaker. it's more... mutual. there's a certain fondness in her voice that comes across that she doesn't mind it at all.]

Well, she's just stubborn in general. But I'm sure you already knew that.