[ Even Nathalie raises an eyebrow at this, but only for a very missable, blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment. As quickly her surprise comes, it is gone. She writes something on a clipboard she's been observing with and speaks not a word against her boss's orders.

Adrien's jaw drops. He can't help it! What does he have to do to get a yes so easily? But he won't push it by asking, as rhetorical as the question would have been. He'll take what he can get, smiling excitedly as he bounces once, pulling Piper into it, too. ]

Sweet!

[ The photographer takes his last pictures, and Adrien regains his composure just in time for the guy to dismissively start going over the material on his camera, slowly walking away as he does so.

Adrien coughs. When he sees a dismissive wave, he shrugs, looking at Piper and then at his dad. ]

I mean... I guess we're done.

Dad... I really appreciate you letting me go! I didn't really know what to expect there, I hope...

[ Adrien really doesn't want him to feel like they ganged up on him or something. ]