It's probably a good thing if it's not in spite of it but because of it. Gracie is silly often and maybe this place will crush that, but she hasn't been here long enough for her silliness or her optimism to be crushed. They're mutually happy about his being her presence right now.

"Wahcha," she says making a horrible whip cracking sound flicking her wrist at him, that goofy grin on her face. "I get to do a lot of my work remotely too, so that's a nice thing." She's surprised by the way he puts his arm around her shoulders, but she doesn't move away from him. In fact, she leans against him a little.