Ginko blinks, his brow creasing as that registers. Then he looks down at her again, frowning slightly and pretending not to be aware of his face warming.

"I meant... longer-term, I guess. Not at this exact moment, more in general." He sighs, rubbing at the back of his head. "I guess I'm asking-- how would you define what we've been doing? Besides the obvious, I'm not asking for the most literal possible answer here. I guess more in terms of our..."

He doesn't quite manage to get the word 'relationship' out.

"...socially speaking."