It's a good thing Rita can't visibly blush in this body, though her fur bristles and her ears flatten at the compliment.

She seems to struggle to find something to say to that, but then he goes on to ask a straightforward question for her to give a straightforward answer to. Shaking her head, she replies, "...No. It's one-way only." She wishes she had a better answer than that, but them's the breaks.