"Running into danger is totally your job, and part of your adorable boy-scout charm, but I've seen what duty can do to people," Emma teased, batting her lashes at him. "Just consider listening if the common sense fairy starts screaming 'This is a TERRIBLE IDEA, Alenko!' at you. If you start hearing it in my voice, then either get a sanity or morality check, or text me to make sure I'm not snooping in your boss's heads for funsies."

Beat.

"That last part was a joke. I can't actually do multidimensional intergalactic mind-reading, for the record." Yet. She was working on it.