[ Oh, she reads that shift of disbelief and she takes it in stride as she continues to work on that ice cream cone. Of course, she'll pause for his poetry, brows rising. ]

Not bad! If the wilds were to best me, it would be a first. As for coming into the unknown, that sounds to me like a grand adventure.

[ The exciting sort that leaves you with tale after tale to tell at the fire and a certain glow about you. That word, though -- 'science' -- catches her ears and earns a tilt of the head. ]

'Science'? That sounds like the fancy word to me. Whatever name you call it by, what matters is the effect. I would think friends and enemies could agree with that.

[ And... he totally agreed to let her cook dinner is the realization that's dawned. There's no negative to be had anywhere in his statements and that? That is what Lí calls a victory. She might be just a little bit cheeky. Or, you know, a lot. There's definitely a smile for it. ]