Conrad chuckled warmly at her embarrassment, the atmosphere light despite the stillness in the air. He surveyed the room with his peripheral vision, spying a few adults dotted here and there, with the occasional student. Thankfully none of them were looking their way. He'd avoided being a distraction. Good.
The blush on her pale cheeks was sweet - endearing. He didn't need to be attracted to people to know that she was pretty-- no, conventionally attractive, rather. Everyone held some sort of beauty in one way or another. Even people with acne or who were differently abled had nice smiles, strong personalities, quick wits. It was something he'd realised over the years, especially after having witnessed so much of humanity on his assignments. But his mind was going off on a tangent yet again - he really ought to get his head out of the clouds.
He smiled back at her, running a hand through his hair bashfully like the young graduate persona would have done. "Yes, I'd actually quite like that. I suppose I'll have to get reading some more French literature - to fuel our conversation." He smiled and waited for her to choose a book, then brought her over to the counter.
"Do you have your library card with you?"
The blush on her pale cheeks was sweet - endearing. He didn't need to be attracted to people to know that she was pretty-- no, conventionally attractive, rather. Everyone held some sort of beauty in one way or another. Even people with acne or who were differently abled had nice smiles, strong personalities, quick wits. It was something he'd realised over the years, especially after having witnessed so much of humanity on his assignments. But his mind was going off on a tangent yet again - he really ought to get his head out of the clouds.
He smiled back at her, running a hand through his hair bashfully like the young graduate persona would have done. "Yes, I'd actually quite like that. I suppose I'll have to get reading some more French literature - to fuel our conversation." He smiled and waited for her to choose a book, then brought her over to the counter.
"Do you have your library card with you?"
"Then I'll do the same, I have few other books I should dust off. It wouldn't be much of a conversation about French literature if we couldn't talk about it."