She watches him closely- and looks quite honestly fascinated, but also entirely unsurprised. The particulars are different, but the theory is ever so familiar; surprise me, excite me, take everything I have to deal with on a daily basis away from me...

It always strikes her as brave, admitting this sort of thing.

"I understand," she assures him, something undeniably fond in her eyes.

"And I can help," she says, sounding arch and rather pleased with herself- but excited, too. Send shivers down his spine? She would love to. "It might be something I'll have to work on rather than something I can give you right now- unless you know a way- but I'll do it."

Very few things escape her when she puts her mind to them. Her confidence and eagerness- this is, after all, a dynamic she has never played with before- are not just for show.