[That gets a warm chuckle out of Martin, and a softly fond smile.]

Yeah, it's... a bit of a skill, isn't it? Giving people the benefit of the doubt like that. Estinien's, uh... still a bit prickly with me, a-and I can understand why, but. Yeah, they really are both the kind of people where you just need to... give them the opening, I guess, to know you want to mean well by them.

[He's quiet for a moment, and then flashes her a brief, awkward grin.]

Kind of like stray cats, isn't it?