Rose hides her smile--poorly--at having caught Joshua off-guard. It's a cute reaction, though understandable. Rose imagines most new arrivals don't view Amani as either an optimization problem or relationship-generating engine, though of course it's both of those things. Plus Joshua's, like, medieval.

She does smile at Joshua's thanks, though. It's a nice shift from where they were a few minutes prior. She does think over the available options. "Hmm. The Ancients and others from their world are wild-cards, hard for me to read. The only two people I know to fit that description are myself and Dirk Strider, an associate of mine. If you found my perspective somewhat cold I assure you he'll be worse, but he's not the type to bend the knee easily. When you're ready to speak to him, he'll know.

"And it's been good meeting you, Joshua Rosfield." Rose gives her new acquaintance a nod before stepping away, back to the public library to collect her smutty tomes.