She had a point about winter. At least then he'd be able to be out as much as anyone else, considering most people were sitting at work until sunset anyway. Besides, he supposed he'd make up for the lack of time out during the summer by the sheer length of life he'd have over regular humans.

Then she mentioned who the boyfriend was. The very name made Thomas's eyes widen in shock. "Cooper? Islington Cooper, or is there another one I don't know?"

Because if it was the Cooper he knew, that was definitely a surprise. The Cooper he knew started fights in lines at stores, and while he didn't know how he felt about her line of work, he had trouble picturing someone who picked fights so easily being calm about something like that.