Sage hummed lightly in response to her first comment, nodding along. "It's true," he murmured. "We can all see it. And even the best people sometimes need help," he noted, looking over at her. "It's stronger to ask for help when you need it rather than try to deal with it yourself knowing it'll wind up badly. Just part of leadership," he pointed out. Though, at her next comment he snorted, of course it was more in amusement than anything. "Oh, I'm nice enough to people. Mari trained me not to go all ape shit if they look at me the wrong way, don't worry," he chuckled, though there was a certain degree of truth to it all. He grinned over at the girl when she said she'd missed him too, nodding. "well, I plan on continuing to come over here and bother you, so you'd better get used to it," he chirped, before moving to start cleaning up the things they'd taken out of the basket, as they'd have to head back inside soon.

Anya felt a silly little smile cross her face after a little while. She had to admit, she was just glad to be relaxing here for a bit. And Sage showering her with compliments was nice to hear too. She didn't really believe all of it, but she also knew he wouldn't say anything unless he meant it. She knew she didn't really want the help, but really spending a bit of time with someone had been nice. It was nice that it was Sage, too. "Well, I know where you are if I need you," she mused softly, though her nose scrunched up after a moment. She didn't really know where he was, actually. She'd never been to visit him. She then shrugged. "She sounds good for you," she mused, though started helping him tidy up after a moment. "It might take a while for me to get used to you, you know. I don't often get visitors just because," she mused lightly.