[Diamond waits patiently for him to finish his sentence, eyebrows raises in a sort of encouraging, 'go on!' expression. When Shell does 'go on' it's not in the way they expected, and they sort of laugh in startled amusement.]

That's alright, I'm getting that reaction a lot lately. [it's both flattering and kind of tiresome at the same time, but it's not like they're going to let that show] It is! I'm sorry, is it too bright? I can try to cover it or turn it down...