"Okay. Just lemme know when you're ready to go, alright? I really, really wanna take you. It'll be fun."
Tilting her chin up, he kisses her gently on the lips, hoping to bring her back from wherever she'd retreated.
"While we're on the subject of New York," he adds, stroking her cheek and her hair, "I dunno if you'd be interested, but-- I got an invitation to a holiday party. From Aphrodite. Y'know, the goddess an' all. It's at her place in her own version of New York City, and-- I dunno-- would you wanna go?"
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"Okay. Just lemme know when you're ready to go, alright? I really, really wanna take you. It'll be fun."
Tilting her chin up, he kisses her gently on the lips, hoping to bring her back from wherever she'd retreated.
"While we're on the subject of New York," he adds, stroking her cheek and her hair, "I dunno if you'd be interested, but-- I got an invitation to a holiday party. From Aphrodite. Y'know, the goddess an' all. It's at her place in her own version of New York City, and-- I dunno-- would you wanna go?"