[ She isn't mad about it! It just tickles her pink for a lack of a better word.

Also is she mildly disappointed that the (probing) teasing didn't land? Maybe. But hearing that he isn't taking payment isn't entirely surprising to her. ]

𝘏𝘮𝘮...𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵.

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳?