Birkin smirked. "Well, I'm hardly working right now. Besides, what would be the point of flirting with you just because she would? Seems fairly pointless to me." He just shrugged. Stein could believe whatever he wanted; he was never planning on bringing any of this up and would deny it to hell and back if Stein ever mentioned it to anyone.

The first thing he did once Stein released him, was loosen his tie with no small amount of annoyance. Now that he was able to breathe properly, Birkin stared at the girl on the table. "So, how were you able to revive her? I meant to ask you before."