"That's... still good." Levi responded.

"I mean... well... yeah." he mumbled.

"Heh." he then chuckled.

"Nice to meet another conduit." he told her.

"Well, one that's naturally born, to clarify." he continued.

"How are you finding things here?" he asked her.

"Yeah. Becca." Levi confirmed.

"And yeah, nice to meet a fellow conduit." he reiterated.

He then sighed, and shook his head.

"It's... nice to meet someone that knows what I know and stuff." he continued.

"Not that... Becca isn't... I mean..." he then stammered, before slumping forward.

"You know what I mean." he said.

"I hope."

Levi just smiled a little.

"I... I'd like that." he said.

"That... sounds good." he told her.

"I appreciate the offer." he went on.

"Or maybe meet at a cafe or something." he offered.

"Whenever we both have some free time." he continued... and it was clear he was more than a little awkward.

Levi's eyes widened a bit when she gave him her number.

"Oh!" he said.

"Oh, thank you." he told her.

"Thank you very much." he said further.

He then pocketed the paper, and smiled.

"I'll call later." he went on.

"Heh, glad I dropped by here." he then commented.

Levi froze for a moment.

"OH!" he exclaimed.

"Oh! Right! Right!" he said.

"I was delivering this." he told her, handing her some papers.

"This is a revised draft of a press release involving some of their work." he said further.

"Normally this is done by email, but R&D like to have a physical copy to write notes on and such." he reasoned.

"Yep." Levi said.

"Not that there's anything wrong with it." he went on.

"But yeah. There's the copy." he said further.

"Make sure it gets to them... well, soonish." he continued.

"I should probably be going now, though."

Levi's eyes widened and his face turned a little red when she made her last statement.

"N-no!" he exclaimed.

"No, that wasn't...!" he continued.

"I mean... I have a... that is... I wasn't... it wasn't my intent..." he stammered further, tripping over his own words and becoming more and more flustered.

He then just shook his head and cleared his throat.

"Thank you for your number." he said.

He then quickly exited the area.

Sure enough, Levi had called her later, and sure enough as well, they had decided to meet up. They had arranged to meet at a cafe, and then take it back to her little shoebox apartment.

At the moment, the two of them were at one such cafe, looking at what was on offer.

"Oh, wow." Levi said.

"I forgot the variety they have here." he admitted.

"Want to get the variety platter of pastries?" he asked.

"Share them at your place?" he suggested.

"....fair." Levi admitted.

"Well, would you prefer to go elsewhere?" he asked.

"It's a nice day, we can go to the nearby park area." he suggested.

"Or we can stay here." he continued.

"Though it looks like it may be getting busy soon, given the time." he mumbled further.

"You have a preference?" he asked.

Again, Levi's eyes widened and his face flushed a little.

"Ah, I..." he stammered.

"Okay, sure." he said.

"A movie would be great." he told her.

"What kind?" he asked.

"Anything in specific you have in mind?"