[Maybe they're not a thing, but they're not not a thing, either! It's confusing. Either way, he doesn't seem all that impressed by her repeating the word again, even though he knows exactly how he'd sounded. Should he apologize?

Nah.]

You're gonna go to dinner with him?

[That could mean anything; people go to dinner all the time without being involved. Hell, he and Hilda have dinner several times a week, and they're not... necessarily together in any way, but it still rubs him a little bit raw.]

I mean, sure, have a great time, I guess. He seemed like he's probably a million years older than you, though.

[Pot, kettle, black. Damn, why is this bothering him so much?]