Okay, college boys were officially pointless. Not one of them had gotten anywhere close to the point of looking at her like that. Or sounding like that. Or, just... anything about this situation.

Xanthippe looked enthralled. And wide-eyed.

She licked her lips, although her mouth suddenly felt a little too dry for that. "I... think I'm gonna be okay with that." A beat, accompanied by a shuddering sort of breath. "Yeah."