It's not so easy to worm under the princess's skin, however. She keeps her tone very calm as she replies, not falling to the side of too defensive or too comfortable with the notion of working with him. No, it's a simple correction, and one that keeps her from 'being more open' with him.
"We're not working together, we're working adjacently."
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"We're not working together, we're working adjacently."