When he detours to something else, it's not surprising, is it? A few seconds for a cheap laugh, while she's leaning back and pulling her hair into a knot, so she can use the pen still in her hand to make it stick. The shirt will go, too, as soon as she's done that, and probably the rest, too. A moment of humor in the work, before it's all put away.

"Yeah?" An easy, pointless question, as she focused more on trying to get the pen to keep her hair up.