"Let's hope," Padma agreed, the conversation making her nervous, which showed in the way that she tugged on her blouse sleeve, as if to better secure it over her arm. However, Padma didn't want to leave it up to hope. She was getting herself wrapped up in a situation that didn't need to leave things to chance and hope, it needed to be carefully planned, executed, and never found out about.
"Thank you, though," she said sincerely. "It is always nice to hear positivity when so much negativity surrounds us." She reached over and placed her hand near Theodore's on the table. She couldn't remember if he was one of those people who didn't like to be touched, but she still wanted to show hims gratitude.
"And now that I've thoroughly dominated the conversation," she said lightly, giving him a smile, "How have you been? Anything interesting with your work?"