That was... actually pretty cute. That got a little smile out of him. And that little of hers was kind of infectious....

"Yes... sometimes it is. But that's what face-painting is for, isn't it? ...even if sometimes it's just a touch of black, like this?" And he lifted his hand in front of himself again, holding up just one of his large fingers, to trace something on his upper lip with his nail -- if he'd actually had anything on his finger like paint, he'd have left a big sweeping mustache across his face.