Lili is apparently working through a backlog. [ he says, dry as the desert. ] There are a few I've picked out to ask, but I can't guarantee that they'll want to work with me.

[ at that, he waves a hand through the air. ]

She'll just say that trust, in a situation like this, is different from liking someone. And she isn't wrong about that - but she's an idiot sometimes, when it comes to other people.