Grand authority of the city or not, I can save it for when we're in private, or somewhere else we like, [he jokes, taking a long drag from his own cigarette.

He smiles slightly as Toby describes Elle. No wonder they worked out well as contract partners, if she was as into their relationship as she sounds. She must have found Toby's soft spot.]

That sounds fine to me, but what's... 'shade'? [He's from 2016, help him out, Toby.]