She scrunched her face up as he booped her nose, feeling the excitement hit her on the back of the neck. But before she could flirt back, she noted that little bit of personal information and she reached out, resting her hand on the crook of his elbow. "I'm sorry you lost your mother," she murmured. "That's all I can say because anything more would be useless platitudes."

If she even knew the last bit he said, she didn't give any recognition that she did so.