Charlie could definitely be charming. He was well aware of this fact. And, yeah, it was improving now that he was starting to get over his pathetic post-divorce state of mind. He was recovering, and he owed so much of that to Jay. He'd never be able to say thank you enough to her. It helped him get back in the game and realize he had a future, a good one, that didn't have to include Ava. Maybe it would include McKenna, maybe it wouldn't, but he wasn't all that worried anymore. He was smiling again, really smiling. It was genuine rather than forced or strained.
"Sounds like fun. It's a shame you're not really in touch with them anymore.. uh, the other elementals." He thought it was probably for the best that she no longer talked to her creator. That could be awkward. They were a bit like a sire, and just like it was hard for a vampire to go against a sire's wishes, it was probably hard for an elemental to refuse an alchemist. "So what else would you do on your days off?"