[Paragon Group] Cold Calling

[Sage]

There was always that saying... when you meet your heroes. It applied here. Not that the woman wasn't brilliant, she was that and he admired her work, and Luma was extraordinary. He wished he could have a look at her code. And he could if he really wanted to. But he didn't pry. It was like looking under a woman's skirt when they were going up the stairs -- it was inappropriate. And Sage was doing his best to behave.

He was being a bother. He could tell from body language. He might not be as good as Hayden in those things, but he did understand some of it. And this wasn't Nox who tolerated everything he did and was unphased by his uniqueness. Even Aiden got annoyed at him sometimes. Sage knew he was annoying. He was eager.

So instead of talking to Dr. Devere he spoke to Luma. "So Luma, if you had to pick your favorite department -- other than our friend Dr. Devere's, what would it be? Like where is all the fun at, other than you of course because that would be epic?" He gave the good doctor a wink and a smile to say he wasn't ignoring her, but letting her get on with her eating without him pestering her.