The laughter eased up the situation a little bit, and she let herself relax a few measures. It was easy to relax around Billy. He was charming, and fairly handsome, and, no, no, Valkyrie wasn't going to start thinking anything of the sort. It wasn't right. But then he went and made those comments.

"I haven't decided yet, to be honest," she answered him. "It's going to need a bit more time before I can really pick something." Then she stood up and reached out with bonds hands to help him as painlessly as possible. "Come on, then. Let's get you showered and wrapped in something soft and fluffy. Oooh, I have this purple bathrobe..."