Humor had lit his eyes with her reaction to his excepting her nickname, but a true smile touched Cinead's mouth with her genuine mirth as he told her what he was studying. She seemed to be a genuinely happy person, this Anna. The excess of the bubbly emotion helped her stand out from among the other humans he had come in contact with. That was a point in her favor. Perhaps he should learn to be more playful and teasing from her... But he didn't know where to start exactly.

"I may be a giant among raindrops, but  you have a desire to become a veterinarian? Aren't you afraid that most of the animals are going to be bigger than you?" He attempted to tease, lifting both of his eyebrows. He did honestly think that the job suited the woman before him in some way. She had the right personality for it.