This conversation has taken a turn for the worse (or better?)

Roy sputtered and stammered, his newfound ease with his current companion shattered. "W-w-w-what? Uh, w-why would you even ask that?"

Samantha immediately drew back from him. "Oh, no, I'm sorry!" she apologized, "This is a purely scientific query! This is only to ascertain the effects of the device!"

"Wait," Roy replied, having put a few of the puzzle pieces of her words together, "have you and me ever... uh... done that?"

She averted her gaze from him, crossing her arms under her breasts again. "No, we have not. But the question still remains, and I require a definitive answer."

Roy rubbed the space between his eyebrows, suddenly feeling very drained at the antics of this woman. "Of course we haven't! I'm straight, for one, and I'm pretty sure Sam was too! I mean, not that I have any problem with that, but I'm just not attracted to... uh... Sam."

"Right!" she exclaimed, her embarrassment betrayed by her reddening cheeks, "Of course you wouldn't have! Haha, that makes sense, right?"

She looked down at the ground, her voice dropping to a much more quiet tone. "Of course you're not attracted..."

"What was that?" Roy asked, having caught a bit of her words.

Samantha kept her gaze away from Roy, still speaking quietly, but now loud enough to hear. "I said, 'Of course you're not attracted to me.'" She gave that small laugh again, but this time it seemed more self deprecating than awkward. "You never were, as far as I can remember."

Roy was thankful he wasn't drinking anything, because Samantha had just set him up for the biggest spit take of his life. "How is that even possible?" he said incredulously, letting his surprise get the better of his judgement, "You're incredible! Any guy would be the luckiest man on the planet if he was with you!"

She looked at him dead in the eyes, and for the first time since Roy had met this new Sam, her mad scientist facade was cracking. "You really think so?" she asked, a bit of a whimper making it's way into her voice.

"Yes, of course!" he replied emphatically.

"B-but, there's so many prettier girls out there than me. And I'm... just too tall," she lamented.

Roy couldn't believe the words coming out of this woman's mouth. Either the beauty standards of whatever world she came from were woefully unattainable, or this girl had some of the worst self esteem issues he'd ever heard of.

So, he made a decision. If this was the hand that fate was going to deal him today, then he might as well go all in.

Roy took both of their headsets off, put his arms around her, held her as close as he could, and kissed her with all the passion he could muster.