Yeah, Vedette, it was the girl part. He glanced down as if wondering how to phrase something, with a bit of a shrug. Difficult to tell a pretty girl she's pretty...
"Your nickname hasn't gotten back to you yet?" he asked.
"I have a nickname?"
"Aufrelein," he said in deliberate but upbeat Albrecht. She didn't react--probably didn't know that word, and why would she?--so he clarified with a wave of his flask.
"It means...not quite 'sexy' but...Doesn't translate directly. The girl every other woman hates and every man wants. Can't believe no one's said it in front of you yet."