"'Nice to be around'?" Samata laughed. "Well, I should certainly hope so!

Okay, so he was a bit awkward. But when you got right down to it, who wasn't awkward sometimes? Samata stepped a bit closer, so one of her breasts was pressing against his arm, but kept talking as if nothing unusual was going on.

"You're nice to be around too, Ippo. And pretty warm. Maybe not quite as warm as a fireball, but..."