[Sabo smiles widely, stubbornly ignoring the way the tips of his ears have turned slightly pink they way they always do any time he gets a little bit flustered.]

Yeah, but a hacker at the other side of some keyboard might still be preferable to, I don't know, a gateway to hell appearing in your living room. But sure, let's go with the "romantic" option. [Just because he only has one hand free to do air quotes with is no reason not to do them. ]

Anyway, I've been good. Work's been rolling along pretty smoothly which is always a relief. [Seriously dude, writer's block sucks so bad.] And, you know, up until now stuff's been pretty normal.

[There's a small, whining noise coming from somewhere off camera drawing Sabo's attention away for a moment. When he refocuses of Lavrenty again Sabo's smile, if possible, seem to have grown even wider.]]

Hey, you and Kiwi haven't been introduced yet, have you?