"Nah, just til it gets old," Rikkie replied. "Or until there's a new new guy around to steal all the cookies and ice cream," she teased good-naturedly. In fact, she really had no intention of continuing to call him that, now, actually. Once called out on it, the fun was sucked out of the process, after all.
Rikke frowned slightly at his statement about mind tricking him and thought to herself that if she hadn't been an idiot, Galen could've done that for her. Though, she smiled slightly at his joke as she went on drying herself. "Yours is cool. Mine is ridiculous," she replied without looking up. "That's exactly what I was worried about," she added and then, looked up briefly. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't, thanks," she finished.
A moment later, she finished drying off and, in an ostenatious show of sparkling lights that lasted only a few seconds, Rikki's tail disappeared and she sat up straight on the couch in her work clothes. "You're not so bad, Percy, I guess I'll keep ya," she teased. "Thanks for your help," she added in a more serious and genuine tone.