[He just grins. She knows he's just teasing.]

I've been slacking off on hand to hand since I got here. Reactions are off.

[Something he knows he's going to get a lot of practice on from now on. He can't bring himself to mind.

Are they human? There's a question he wouldn't have anticipated a few months ago and now he's starting to wonder how long it'll take before it's normal.]

One hundred percent human. Me at least. Tasha's never been able to convince me that she's not part cat or something.

[The sordid details are nothing he's planning on getting into with anyone who doesn't already know. And it's not his story to tell in any case.