If they were continuing the argument she'd pick it up there-- certainly Texas and Oregon are closer together than Oregon and Mars, or wherever his little green men come from-- but it doesn't seem like he's inclined to stay on the subject right now. Maybe that means, if this was a test, that she passed it.
She lifts her chin a little with a small, professional smile.
"I'll see you then," she says decisively, and without anything else, turns to head for the door.
But she pauses before stepping out, hesitant. She can't say it was nice to meet you because she already has, but this doesn't feel like the moment to get into their earlier brush with investigating the unexplained. So she settles on:
"I am looking forward to working with you."
Restatement, because he hasn't scared her off, and she doesn't want him to think it's only stubbornness (even if it's largely stubbornness) that will have her at the airport on time tomorrow, packed and only slightly bleary with sleeplessness.
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She lifts her chin a little with a small, professional smile.
"I'll see you then," she says decisively, and without anything else, turns to head for the door.
But she pauses before stepping out, hesitant. She can't say it was nice to meet you because she already has, but this doesn't feel like the moment to get into their earlier brush with investigating the unexplained. So she settles on:
"I am looking forward to working with you."
Restatement, because he hasn't scared her off, and she doesn't want him to think it's only stubbornness (even if it's largely stubbornness) that will have her at the airport on time tomorrow, packed and only slightly bleary with sleeplessness.