That gets a laugh out of him. It's lower, deeper than his usual bark. "Technology has its advantages, even for spirits."

That she grins makes him grin in turn, but he's equally happy to spend time taking small mouthfuls of cake in the silence. When Adia speaks up again, musing aloud, his eyes lift to meet hers. He watches her for a long minute and when he speaks it's with an earthiness, deep and honest but not disapproving. "I don't know what you want me to say." A second passes and he offers, "I could tell you that the people you call your enemies are still people, if you need to hear it aloud. That they think and feel like your people. But I think you knew that already. You always knew that."