"A movie," Tanner echoes. He seems placated by that--and he is, because he's already making plans. "I was going to go see a movie with Lela, but being with you would be totally bodacious!" Which is, essentially, surfer lingo for 'yes that's good, I'll be there.'

He does act serious, though, if for a few moments. Because he knows that dip in the shoulders and he knows that half-slump, he'd seen it before in Seacat when he couldn't get a date with Giggles. Resignment.

"It's okay, Danny. You don't have to hide who you really are, here. You don't ever have to."