"Antiquated might not be the right word," he said thoughtfully, "Maybe I'm just jaded," when you spent the majority of your life with some of the worst examples of humanity what were you supposed to do, he had no clean comparison, she was long dead.
"Caught by a bear?" he actually chuckled, "That would be something wouldn't it? I've never even seen a bear," he said honestly smiling satisfied that he'd convinced her seeing the blush on her cheeks as she agreed though not registering it as bashfulness but more to do with the old air biting away at them. His own nose must have been quite red like an old man's. "I'll look out for you," he promised, "Drink at the ready,"