She wasn't paying enough attention to notice the softening of his expression at first, too focused on playing with a Pokémon who actually didn't look like it wanted to kill everything around her. By the time she glanced up, she did catch it, familiar enough with the subtle ways Neji's expressions could change to notice it, and just giving him another smile.

"Well, any time you want me to pet her, I think I can handle that much," she added, hugging the small Pokémon closer. "Or well... anything, really. I don't have all that much to do here, still..."