Don't encourage it.

[Benedikta grabs his wrist and drags it down, holding it firmly in her own while never once breaking eye contact with that penguin.]

Men tend to be more stubborn as it is. [She rolls her eyes and turns to her pursuers.] Look, there is a perfectly fine lady penguin right here. Why not try to woo her?

[But as soon as Benedikta dares to look back at them, they all come waddling in to swarm her and shove Cid away.]