[Darin watches her with no small amount of interest. He wouldn't put it past Cecelia to just randomly straighten up things around his room. He's seen how she keeps hers.]

Heh, I thought you'd playfully chide me about saying I felt good and hopeful in such a 'dreary and desolate place, such as this.'

[That last bit said in his best and most flattering Cecelia voice.]