[She groans.] Don't say it like that; you're making me out to be some vain creature. [That little smile, though, she can tell he's joking. She's not even close to actually annoyed, instead feeling glad that he seems to have relaxed a little more as time has passed by for them.]

I was just curious. I don't expect you to change just because I tell you to, and I wouldn't reject you no matter how you looked. I'm stubborn like that.

[So there!]