She was a captive audience as he told her the story of ship names, her rapt expression dramatic but the curiosity was genuine. She had heard something like that before, probably as a child, and it was nice to get a refresher. Something about it, especially when he said Poseidon, struck a strange chord with her but she couldn't place it and tried to brush it off. "I like the that," and it was true. It was much better than half the ship names she had seen in the harbor. "Good words to live by."
Another victorious fist pump as he agreed to night diving. Most people were a little hesitant, and Cassie did catch his little slip, but he still agreed and his boat said to seize the day. She was going to take it as a yes and not worry that he was afraid she was going to kill him. "Both of those sound fantastic. Whichever you want. We can do it in the daytime first if you like? A good refresher for the both of us." Goddamn she was asking for a lot of his free time and the wary smile she gave him seemed to convey that thought. "Or hey, we can work out those details later. No big deal." Another sheepish smoothing back of her hair and she was looking back at the waves for a distraction.
"It sounds awful!" She hadn't seen it herself but that would be another thing she would have to look up when they got back. "Mine's Invasion of the Triffids. My dad and I used to watch it all the time when I was little." Shit, now was not the time to bring up fatherly bonding, so she pressed on. "But I have to say that everytime Encino Man is on TV, I have to sit down and watch it. Doesn't matter what I'm doing or what I should be doing, I have to stop everything and watch it until the end. It's awful." Superpowers would take a little bit more thought and she drummed her fingertips on her lips as she hummed. "Invisibility. Does that make me a creeper? I think it would be fun! And I'd use my power for good. For saving the earth and not like, trying to spy on really hot dudes." She swatted his arm playfully, as if the idea was too preposterous to even think. "Same to you aaaaand… Favorite food?"