[he folds his arms with a slight pout; at least Rose not taking an attempt at serious literary or archaeological debate seriously is pretty par for the course.]

It's just an interesting topic! Like, have you seen the variety of people around the base? Apart from small ground like our, everyone's got a different background, and a lot of people aren't human, or have very different backgrounds in how they deal with spirits and seraphim! Of course I'd be attracted to those themes. It's kind of important to understand that sort of thing.

[...he doesn't quite understand the gesture, but he does get the implication of what she says, and does go red this time]

And of course a seraph and a human could. Did we both travel with Zaveid or not?