Heehee, thank you! [nope, she's not going to preen about it. well, not too much.] The hair color isn't mine, if you know what I mean, but I'm just trying to work with it. I don't do a lot with fashion, but I know what works, I'd love to go shopping with you sometime. It would really help me to get advice from an obvious expert.

[the flattery will definitely not stop anytime soon. even if they're obviously here for a purpose, well, they are both early, right? they can talk like this for a bit.]