"Okay."

Gratefully, she nods. Doing something else sounds great. He doesn't need to know she would have agreed even if they weren't delving into topics that are better left for only the most morose activities.

"We could go to the lake?" It's her preferred watery lounging spot anyway and since most of the other denizens of the mansion are here it shouldn't be very crowded. "Or you could paint me like one of your French girls?"