( Her eyes flicker through a whole cocktail of emotions. There's a base of surprise, a note of curiosity, and an adjunct of intrigue... Not the reaction he was expecting, which makes him chuckle. )

What, they kept you out of the loop of that big spectacle?

( That seems hard to believe. )

Tell you what: get me out of this robe, and I'll tell you all about it.

( He'll tell her either way, probably, but the breeze against the beach robe is distracting him. He can feel too much of it. )