"Trust me, they're all real," he told her with a laugh of his own. He was glad she wasn't too bothered by it, although Sam felt a bit bare complimenting her so openly about it with just the thin veil of a joke or contest between them.

"Zinciferous, because technically you do contain zinc. And I'll have to actually thank my junior year science teacher for making me learn. Zesty. Zealous. Zippy."