Maybe. But that would be really obnxious to mess with the coffee maker. Even my friend Nic wouldn't stoop that far!

[Probably. He better not. Besides, he wasn't much better than she was with what he did on Tanis. But the mention of Strand just makes her smile bigger.]

Yeah. That's him. [A beat.] I'm sorry if he was an ass to you, but I would guess you understand men who are asses at times.

[Look, she's not saying she's compared him to Darcy before and she hasn't even gotten the hotel proposal yet but she's definitely done it before to Nic and Amalia when she was drunk.]