[She nods instantly, understanding the feeling intensely, then ducks her head with a shy, bashful smile, trusting his word on a compliment just because it was him saying it] An expert? You think so? But you haven't seen any of them yet! The last one I was made was for- Um. It was- [A slight frown, and a wave of her hand to dismiss the thought]

Anyway... I bet you could do things like it, too! You're so good with dexterous types of things, you know? Surgeon's hands. I bet you could use them to do anything you wanted, if you put your mind to it the way you do, um. [She's about to poke him just a bit about the things they'd both been clearly avoiding talking about, but loses her courage at the last moment] Uh, well. Things?