[She looks suitably impressed too. Of course she helped balance him on the other side because this is teamwork here. Now they just have to walk. The next patch of berries seems much further away than it did only moments before.]

Cute? [Tittering, she makes the first hesitant step forward.] I don't believe I've ever heard you use that word before.

[Walking actually seems to be going well here,] Are you saying that I'm cute, or the situation at hand is cute?

[She needs to know, for personal reasons.]