"He gets meat." It's true, Pascal mostly eats steak and chicken, prime cuts feed to him raw on bone china dishes. He does enjoy the occasional scoop of mashed potatoes, though. "I don't want him eating random minks. Do tigers even eat minks? I don't think they do."

She thinks he's going to make a joke about chimneys or candy canes or mistletoe, and her face falls just the tiniest bit when he changes pace so quickly. Brings up Sinclair. She thought they'd reached some kind of agreement or something.

"What about him?"