[He immediately shoots down the playful title, leaving the human woman to roll her eyes back at him in retaliation.] Fine, Barry it is. [Though even as she says it, there's no guarantee that the monster was going to get out of a conversation with Lup without having gained at least three new nicknames along the way. It was just the way she was. Barry better start opening himself up to the possibility or he's going to get dragged along against his will.

Lup watches the man's hands, so much bigger than hers and covered in thick fur, carefully rearrange the notes spilled out across the table, but not before she's reaching over to pluck a single page up, her eyes darting across the contents. Barry laughs and she can't help how quickly she falls into laughter with him, pleased that she could drag that kind of reaction from him after all of his standoffishness before. There's something sweet about the sound, something that makes her want to get him laughing again.

He's just cute, alright. Older than her and a total nerd, but kind of adorable in a weird way Lup can't really describe.]

Dark matter, huh? [The page is littered with numbers, calculated out in perfectly tiny scrawled writing, Lup's eyes following along a particular line of formulae. Her first instinct is to retort with 'dork matter, you mean', but she's actually interested, curious about what exactly the man does. The way Barry describes it is just vague enough to pique her interest.] Can't say I have. Is it, uh, something new? Or like a monster thing?

[The question being parroted back at her isn't what Lup expected, but she slides the paper back to Barry, posture straightening beside him.] Oh, I'm not... I'm kinda into chemistry, but just workin' at a diner a few streets over. Saving up for classes with my brother. [She shrugs, all casual] Shit's expensive.