Ha, I used to be of that state of mind in my youth too. [He had been so angry and willing to take personal risks. He had lived life huge and on the edge, but he had gradually settled down once he had the Last Drop and the Lanes, made worse after the Day of Ash and the stipulations of keeping the peace.] Ah, his loss then, I expect. So, you're a risk taker then, huh?

[Vander snorted a laugh at her joke about spiders. He had learned over the years there were far worse monsters out there to be afraid of. One of them even happened to be here, not that he would tell her that.]

Well if a particularly frightening spider drives me up to stand on my bed, you'll be the first that I call to shoo it out.

[He was able to see most of the place with his height and gestured to a booth that happened to be free by a window.] Such a romantic at heart. I suppose we will have to memorize one another's eye colour after today.