She didn't pick up on Luther's relaxation consciously. But when the tension began to leave his body, Katya's hold on his arm shifted, becoming less impersonal and more friendly. She shifted her body closer to his, not actually noticing she was doing it, but simply responding to his subliminal acceptance.
"Fixing things, this is admirable," she told him. In Russia, people didn't really like to fix things. It was the communist attitude. Everyone wanted to leave things as they were. Change horrified most people, especially the older generations. But Luther, clearly, was a good man. Even if he was a crotchety one, too. "So, if you are not liking movies, how are you spending quiet evenings?" she asked him.