[Blue will accept his concession of defeat with another smug smile. She's certain that it's not something he wanted to hear, but it needed to be said. The last thing she wants to see is that AI anywhere near Inigo... or Cat regretting his silence. Some things were too important to be left unsaid. Even she wishes at times, in the small hours of the night, that she had been bolder sooner.]

[The idea that she would pit him against someone like that is laughable, though.]

She won't hear your name from my lips. And if she dares to come within fifty meters of you, I'll melt her hardware myself.

[She might do it anyway. For fun.]

[Or she might tease Cat a little more, so long as she's trapped in this makeshift infirmary. After a moment's pause, she adds:]

...Is he a good kisser, at least?