[God, that half smile almost made her poker face falter.]
"Hey, when you can do anything, it’s just boring most days. I gave up on my hoverboard for the time being."
"Why would I want to chat with a security guy? Security is my nemesis. Hackers and security of any sort don’t get along on any level. He’d just punch me. I’m calling it right now."
[The prospect of her favorite Imp dropping in and hanging out didn’t sound half bad.]
"You do that, and I’m taking you hostage until we finish the whole extended Lord of the Rings trilogy, followed by the Hobbits."
"Whatever payback you deem necessary. I’m not leaving."
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[The grin briefly abates as the scent of an opportunity hits the air. Not only for a cosy evening in with the only person she'd want to see after a full day of nothing but infrared spectroscopy analysis and hearing, in exquisite detail, the ins and outs of George's new Chaud & Clarence Espresso 300PX FJ...whatever...it was a coffee machine that she really, really didn't care one inch about.]
"Funny that, innit? Hackers, security guys, one's closing a door and the other's opening it--but they both know exactly how it works." [Call this a deal of mutual benefit. This was win x 4. Give Sully something to do--check. Get favoured by the boss--check. Actually do something useful for the lab--check. Plus, well. Sully would have legal access to the premises whenever she damn well pleased.]
"Except the hackers don't have tunnel vision where the system's concerned, right, they're coming at it fresh? If you could get in, there's clearly a hole--not necessarily because the system's wrong, you're just brilliant by yourself."
[She claps her hands on Sully's shoulders, gives her a smile.] "You don't have to say yes, but---I feel like those security guys might be far less willing to punch you in the face if you helped them see where they're going wrong. I mean, I think you'll like the software guy, he's nothing like the last dickhead we had. "Oh, and-- do me favour tonight when you, er.. kidnap me."
[Cue the wink as the final, finishing touch.]
"---- Don't put out a ransom, yeah?"