Irina looks with a penetrating look.
Danil changes tactics.
Danil (wriggling out). Ahhh, so you're probably talking about Masha. Masha, yes, red. I didn't even think about it right away. That's right, I met her at the market the other day. Well, Masha is Antokhin's sister.
Irina looks with suspicion and misunderstanding.
Danil (twisting out, convincingly explaining). Yes, my one-size-fits-all, Anton. Don't you remember him? He's so patchy… (He waves it off.) It doesn't matter. So this is his older sister. She helped us sometimes at school. Anton and I didn't really drag, but she just fumbled. Well, we met, got to know each other, and exchanged a couple of phrases. That's it.
Irina (with suspicion). All?
Danil (convincingly). And what else?
Irina (with suspicion, knowing Danil and his habits, coming up on the go). How can I tell you… as far as I am informed, you were smiling so interestingly at each other that, as it were… The question arises, is there something hidden behind these smiles?
Danil (convincingly). Irka, what are you doing? I'm telling you, slap your informants in the ears so that they don't spread nonsense beyond their inflamed imagination.
Irina (with suspicion, knowing Danil and his habits). Watch me!
Irina sighs with relief and picks up her smartphone again.
Danil (changing the subject). I'm looking, but I wonder where you're looking all the time!
Irina is straining. Silent. Waiting for explanations.
Danil (attacking). I'm not coming home from work, so you're all right completely and completely in your smartphone. I understand that in recent years you have been living not with me, but with him.
Irina (startled, interrupting). With whom, with him???
Danil (calmly explaining). With a smartphone!
Irina (relieved). And… well… yes… Well, too, it's not that I live directly.
Danil (more emotionally). You're not getting out of it!
Irina (defiantly). Oh, and you're just climbing out!
Danil (excited). I'm working for a second! And at home I want to relax, I have the right to sit, play and chat. Who else should I talk to at home? Not with you, right?
Irina (defiantly). But at least!
Danil (putting aside the phone, which, though without attention, he still held in his hand all this time). Well, come on, let's try, let's talk.
Irina also puts her phone aside.