Oh man, what word choice there. Was that flirting? Hard to tell with someone who clearly isn’t all that well adjusted. But given everything up to this point, maybe more forward flirting is okay. Still, task needs done, and he remembers her previous concern.

“So, while I’m doing this? Cough if you feel like your brain is going to make you flip at me, okay?”

He definitely remembers something about a safety program.