Attila watched him carefully, as he always did when someone approached him; although his body language and expression remained relaxed and amused, he was internally alert to any possible attack.

... but he hadn't expected that.

Nothing could prepare him for that!

Sure, some people were more comfortable communicating in text, he supposed, and he could easily see that for someone as quiet as Red being one of those people, but he never expected so many... cute kaomoji and is that a heart? Several hearts? Streaming out in rapid succession? He actually tilted his head to the side, squinting as he tried to imagine it. Oh, boy...

"Hey, stop me if I'm conceited and getting this all wrong, but..."

Maybe Red just always types like giddy teenaged girl, who knows, it's not really his place to assume, but...

"You don't still think I'm cute, do ya? You're barkin' up the wrong tree, here. I don't... swing that way. Sorry.... but it's cool that they learned what that means. It's a clever solution."