[ he locks in on that intial reaction. hm... maybe he had misjudged lila before, but this isn't exactly an unpleasant development. he's still cautious in how he appears, because he still doesn't know enough to drop his guard quite yet.

except he still isn't quite nice about chastising her. ]

Yes, you should have. No matter, I don't think you did any serious damage... And you're lucky it was me and not anyone meaner! Kehehehe.