'Whatever works' got another smile and a nod; Sam had already had her beat of thinking I think I'm going to like this guy, and Rick continued to buttress that thought with what he said and did.

“A gift from the ghost you'd freed from her mother-in-law's curse, yeah? That's trippier than the amulet, in a way... it's not like I'm an expert on ghosts or curses---my profanity's maybe solid intermediate?” A spark of humour, there; for a moment, Sam's smile widened into her little wiseass grin, then it was back to business. “But I never heard of anything like that before. The world is so weird, man.... I hope you never have to find your limits, despite that.”