(Tilly wonders if that's a little too direct, but she can roll with it.)

Actions...do speak louder than words and I especially don't always have it in me to speak. There's not much we could find on them and our mutual interests might be a good starting point.

(It's a good thing Tilly's actually kind of shy since that part isn't an act. Still, she is daring to walk alongside and engage in one of the lewdest of acts one can commit on a beach:

hand holding)

If...that's okay with you.