They would never believe you. My reputation as a stern and serious woman is too well known. Only you enjoy this secret.

[ She spares a moment to sip her tea and smile- stirred with honey. Ruby is indeed more attentive than she could have hoped for- time to recall the little things wasn't something she had- and is something she fights to remember so that Ruby might enjoy this warm, fragile, fluttering feeling in her chest at every reminder. ]

No one has ever shortened my name like that before. [ It's theirs. Hers. Softly, she murmurs. ] I like it as well. It- is less formal. It sounds like someone that can enjoy poor puns.