It felt like Tanis kept giving Sinead reasons to smile and so, the smile remained.<br/>"I'm good," she replied, her voice soft and smooth; a stark difference to the way the corners of her mouth curled upwards in a grin. There was something about how tentatively polite Tanis was behaving, even having been in her home a good dozen times, that made Sinead want to snicker.<br/>"How are you?" she countered, finding it only to be polite. The way she stepped closer to the other woman, however, made the question ring rhethorical, even though Sinead - at least in the back of her mind -<span style="font-style: italic">did</span>care to hear about Tanis' day. For now, her fingers carefully reached out, meeting Tanis' just above her elbow. "'You doing alright?"