"I don't want you to shut up. I want you to be normal. Well, what's normal for you, anyway. Things are too quiet."

When Grell started to head off, though, he suddenly completely failed to restain the impulse to add "oh, and thanks for the book. I forgot to say before."

In truth, he didn't mean to imply anything. He actually was glad she'd bothered to try and educate Tobias, though he wished she'd picked something less... well, blunt. But right now really wasn't the time to mention it.

But the fact he was implying something, intentionally or not? It wasn't lost on him. The second the words left his mouth he instantly clamped a hand over it, having the decency to look completely apologetic. Oh shit.