Ray can't help but notice the way she relaxes a little when he grins. It smooths his smile into something a little gentler and less goofy, because he's not here to make anyone feel nervous. He got plenty of experience doing that while he built Palmer Tech, and look where that got him: displaced on a planet in an alternate universe. Not that that was bad, but Ray just wants Caitlin to feel comfortable tonight, as much as possible. After all, step one to pretending like you're a couple is to not seem tense.
He's actually contemplating which restaurants he's actually been too — there had been that one on the first night — when she changes her mind, and Ray is more than happy to agree. "Winging it sounds fantastic. Though, honestly, if you're planning on staying here, I'd love someone to explore the neighborhood with. While I do find eating alone to be awfully under appreciated, I'd much rather try things out. With a friend." He adds that last part on as an addendum, but it's not less genuine.
"Aaaand what? Pfssht. Purely platonic," he repeats playfully. "And you know, we'll just have to pretend the whole time like we're dating. I can't imagine that'd be terribly difficult."
He doesn't mean to imply anything specific besides what his last sentence literally means: that it doesn't take a lot of skill to pretend like you're dating someone. But reasonably speaking, it's also possible to interpret it as him saying that he could easily see them being together.
And since they're going on such a fantastic non-date together, Ray takes a step towards her, pivots and holds up an arm for her to take. "Let's." It only takes him a few steps though, to start talking again. "I think it'd be fun if we came up with some kind of backstory. Like ... how did we first meet? What's your favorite food? How many years have we been together? Hmm ... I feel like three months is a good answer to that last one."
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He's actually contemplating which restaurants he's actually been too — there had been that one on the first night — when she changes her mind, and Ray is more than happy to agree. "Winging it sounds fantastic. Though, honestly, if you're planning on staying here, I'd love someone to explore the neighborhood with. While I do find eating alone to be awfully under appreciated, I'd much rather try things out. With a friend." He adds that last part on as an addendum, but it's not less genuine.
"Aaaand what? Pfssht. Purely platonic," he repeats playfully. "And you know, we'll just have to pretend the whole time like we're dating. I can't imagine that'd be terribly difficult."
He doesn't mean to imply anything specific besides what his last sentence literally means: that it doesn't take a lot of skill to pretend like you're dating someone. But reasonably speaking, it's also possible to interpret it as him saying that he could easily see them being together.
And since they're going on such a fantastic non-date together, Ray takes a step towards her, pivots and holds up an arm for her to take. "Let's." It only takes him a few steps though, to start talking again. "I think it'd be fun if we came up with some kind of backstory. Like ... how did we first meet? What's your favorite food? How many years have we been together? Hmm ... I feel like three months is a good answer to that last one."