The important thing genuinely seems to be that she's trying.  The new gendertrope in him seems like it would be sad, if she wasn't.

He'll open by asking if anyone has mentioned to Meritxell a certain contract that she'd have to sign if she wanted to preserve her options for the evening getting sufficiently interesting; signing this contract doesn't decide anything, to be clear, it just preserves possibilities in that undecided future.

The important thing genuinely seems to be that she's trying, making any sort of visible effort.  The new gendertrope in him seems like it would be sad, if she wasn't.

He'll open by asking if anyone has mentioned to Meritxell a certain contract that she'd have to sign if she wanted to preserve her options for the evening getting sufficiently interesting; signing this contract doesn't decide anything, to be clear, it just preserves possibilities in that undecided future.

The important thing genuinely seems to be that she's trying, making any sort of visible effort.  The new gendertrope in him seems like it would be sad, if she wasn't.

He'll ask if anyone has mentioned to Meritxell a certain contract that she'd have to sign if she wanted to preserve her options for the evening getting sufficiently interesting; signing this contract doesn't decide anything, to be clear, it just preserves possibilities in that undecided future.

The important thing is that she's trying, making any sort of visible effort.  The new gendertrope in him seems like it would be sad, if she wasn't.

He'll ask if anyone has mentioned to Meritxell a certain contract that she'd have to sign if she wanted to preserve her options for the evening getting sufficiently interesting; signing this contract doesn't decide anything, to be clear, it just preserves possibilities in that undecided future.