No, it wasn't giving red gillyflowers or whispering sweet nothings to her.
No, it definitely wasn't trying to seduce her.
No, it was the common ground between Rosto and Beka.
When he spoke to Beka of how he "helped out a lady in the Cesspool named... what was it? Arla?" he saw her eyes spark.
He saw that excited fire in her eyes as she remembered Arla from when she was a girl.
And there it was. A common ground to walk up with Beka.
Rosto grinned. She's not too far away.