His newest comment really caught her off guard and she nearly choked on her dinner. Was this the joke she'd been waiting on earlier? Was he being serious? She couldn't say, at least  it until his composure changed suddenly and she deemed it a thought he'd had that slipped out. For a moment they just stared at each other and Delphine's face turned pink.<br/><br/>"Um, well I mean... you would know, you got a pretty long feel." She cleared her throat and focused on her can of food. She wished she could act confident, like when she put on an act, but doing something like that now would only come off as fake and disingenuous. Even cracking a joke felt like it would make things even more weird despite that being one of her main defenses when talking to people. "I also take it you gathered I uh, don't exactly have a replacement." She knew it was obvious and guessed he'd noticed based on the comment.