This was easy. This she could do. She did not have to choose her words so carefully, not with Thomas and not when they were teasing. None of this was important in the way that the cranks or the flare or Valentine or Edwin were. This was simple.

She bumped her shoulder against his, in response to the grumble.

"Do not drink enough," she said. Her tone was even and reasonable, but her smirk was still present. "That gives you a big manly belly."