The woman flutters her eyelashes at Alex's reply, as though he could see the movement beneath the mask. Without fanfare, she steps forward to kneel beside the trio and snakes her slender arms around Neil, sleeves brushing against Alex's arms. It makes her look like the fourth to a weird-ass orgy, but no one is honestly considering such things. Right.

She presses the mask against Neil's shoulder, nuzzling fiercely. Where Alex restrains himself from commenting, Sarah does not. "You're so skinny," she murmurs, reminiscent of a typical Asian mother. "Baby, you need to eat before you become stick-like and unattractive."