"It's a shirt, Bod," Kate said, and actually had the presence of mind to start moving away from the bed because she wasn't sure how much of a hold she could keep on her tone and volume. She wandered over to her desk. "It's just a shirt, at least it won't keep coming up to chatter at you, thinking you two are gonna be BFFs or something."

Oh look, someone's irritation at other stuff was slipping out.