( The beast of a woman giggles and squeezes Evangeline's hand, thumb absently rubbing along her knuckles to get as much touching in as she possibly can, like she thinks she's on a time limit and it will all be pulled away from her at any moment. )

I'm downright precious, I know. But still - I'll buy you a drink or something. I insist.

Until then, I'll follow your lead.