"Hm? That doesn't sound.. awful. I think I could grow to like that." Her smile was slowly returning to something actually real. "Why don't we get a dog?" We. That was... so strange, but it was her life now. We. They. Theirs. Their pets. Secretly, she didn't hate it as much as she wanted to.
"The violin. And piano. I'm not great at either, but Mother has me play at parties she hosts for her friends sometimes." She was actually better than she was letting on, but she didn't necessarily enjoy playing. They were necessary, something he had learned as a child, along with the dance classes (which she did enjoy) that she took with her sister. "Do you dance at all?"