[ Ha! Got a smile out of her, or at least something close to one. Leon'll take that as a small victory. ]

Got it. Second time's the charm.

[ And he'll go again, this time gone for a good while longer before reappearing with a pot of tea, a pair of mugs, and two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which he'll set down by Pratibha. ]

Here. I'm not much of a tea drinker myself, but I figured I might as well face the consequences too if I screwed up brewing this.

[ He didn't, for the record. Or at the very least he read the instructions on the back of the box of teabags like three times and followed them to the letter. ]