Velocity nodded again, easing a bit from her stiff posture. "Getting the matrix back, right? Did I ever tell you that's what one of my thesis papers was about? How the relationships of cojunx and amica endura effected the matrix itself just as much as it does the one who carries it. It was interesting stuff, or- or at least I thought so at the time."

She aimed a smile down at his feet. "You're um. You're really nice, you know? Though I think you think you're anything but, a lot of the time."