Looks like. [ Yes, she might be using the opportunity to get in a sly mention of how much she enjoys looking over at him — and maybe taking advantage of the situation to step back and let her gaze rake over him, but if he calls her out on it she's just going to pretend she was checking him out for cuts and bruises, obviously. ]

Same old same. Protecting a town isn't an easy job, but someone's gotta do it. Even if that someone is the town's black sleep.

[ Maybe that's why they'd been drawn to each other in the first place; she knows a thing or two about being an outcast, being ostracized, being hated because of a misconception and not because anyone bothered to get to know her for who she really is.

She shrugs one shoulder, finally taking a step back into the house. ] You planning on standing out there all night?