"Wouldn't dream of it," Duncan assured her. He was surprised to not hear thumping noises through the walls. Though relieved. That would get, uh, awkward. The rest about Kirk, he let pass; he couldn't think of any answers that wouldn't make things worse. Pointing out that the kidnappers would've just waited until another time when she was alone might just make her nervous again. Criminals like that weren't opportunists, they planned. And it was over now.
The comment about the dragon earned an actual laugh, the first he'd made for...man, weeks maybe, not since the disappearances has started. "That suits you much better," he agreed. "Especially given the whole glitter thing. Dragons are supposed to be attracted to shiny things, right?" Huh, come to think of it, he'd never been in her room before. "Your room's not filled with giant medical textbooks that've been dusted in blue glitter, is it?" He grinned up at her.