"I wouldn't say obvious. I'd just say I know you thrive on people using their words. Especially about politics." She pulls her hand from her pocket and links it with his, the one not holding the glass that she's noticed has hardly been drained tonight.

"Is that your way of asking for my company?" Her teasing is a bit strained, frayed at the edges by the way she holds her hands a bit awkwardly, by the way she looks over her shoulders at the people around her. "I could stand to stretch my legs. I hear there's supposed to be fireworks over the lake tonight."