It was with a smile and not a second of hesitation that she slipped her hand into the crook of his arm. A polite and familiar gesture, but not too familiar. They might be soulmates, but they had only just met.

"Not unless you have somewhere else to be, sugar," she informed him brightly, leaving him an opening just in case he did have another engagement. "With things as they are, I'd like to get to know you. Might as well start tonight."