[W-Well of course it was just a card you received a short while back! Just how y-your card was just a card she received a-a while back and...!!]

Ah, yes I....well, I also got yours in the mail. Rather sweet of you to think of me, in that...way-

[Thankfully, for poor Emmy's sanity, the waitress pops up at that exact moment to take their order - tea for both of them, of course. It gives her a moment to peer at the menu, resisting the urge to hide behind it. For a moment, she's jealous of her dining partner; that mask is cheating!]

Did you...like the card, then?