"I am fine," she answered automatically, falling back on spinal reflex manners, "and you?"
Why didn't you bed this one? He is comely enough and you were attracted to him asked the fox suddenly. Cho sputtered and turned six shades of red. I do not understand you mortals. You can prevent pregnancy. Why then bother with chastity?
Shut up, shut up! Cho gasped in Mandarin. You mustn't say such things! It is entirely improper. The fox huffed, but subsided, muttering all the while about foolish, prudish mortal girls. Cho lifted her eyes to find Michael staring at her as if she were mad.
She sighed. He might very well be right.
"Michael," she said, more naturally even with the color still staining her cheeks and the faint tremble in her hands. Seeking to fill the silence, she flung out the first thing that came to her mind. "You certainly seem to have grown up. I mean, you look so professional and adult and I'm just making no sense am I?"