[ The joke gets a glance over his shoulder and a widening of his smile. ]

No, do they do coffee too?

[ And good thing he doesn't need an answer right away. He'll leave the kettle to boil and join Collette at the table. ]

Really? I don't have anything to compare it to so the way it's used here seems like the norm to me. I guess people get kinda personal when they're bored here? Might be the fact we're fighting in a war too.