She smiled when he sniffed her, tilting her head just enough to growl back, in her own assumed voice, "Perhaps you have a cold."
"How have you been?" she asked casually. Smiling, she settled back in her seat and took a sip of her drink. There was no doubt in her mind that he would eventually work through at least part of what had happened to her since their last meeting, but that didn't mean they had to deal with it immediately.