"Hey. Me? I'm always gentle. I'm Miss Gentleness. Except, possibly, for today. And for a few other times and...shut up and come here." Her vague gestures turned into an attempt to grab at him and drag him into a loose hug.

"You didn't get lost on the way to the freezer, did you? It doesn't usually take that long to put back a bag of no-longer-so-frozen vegetables."