[He beams so genuinely when he says it that he could almost sell someone on it not being kind of creepy. He is not, of course, explicitly trying. That would require even a modicum of guile. She just seems nice. Maybe it can't hurt to ask for a tip or two, after all...]
Say - oh, right, what can I call you?
[There are any number of reasons someone might not want to give out their actual name as freely as he tends to, so it doesn't strike him as impolite that she didn't - but you have to have a name, right? "Pointy-eared girl" would be rude.]
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[He beams so genuinely when he says it that he could almost sell someone on it not being kind of creepy. He is not, of course, explicitly trying. That would require even a modicum of guile. She just seems nice. Maybe it can't hurt to ask for a tip or two, after all...]
Say - oh, right, what can I call you?
[There are any number of reasons someone might not want to give out their actual name as freely as he tends to, so it doesn't strike him as impolite that she didn't - but you have to have a name, right? "Pointy-eared girl" would be rude.]