[Oh, someone was uptight, weren’t they? No surprise; she had that air about her, but that just meant more work was involved to grease those wheels, more effort to get this going. Cool. This was the only subject that he didn’t mind putting some work into.

Well, a little. Very few people were worth that much effort. ]

I mean, only the pretty ones.

[Compliments. Chicks dug compliments.]

You know, you’re way too hot for this village. You’re going to start melting the snow in a minute. [Careful. He was careful not to out himself, talking about her and not himself, careful not to admit that he wasn’t exactly from around here either and if he was local, he should have recognized her.

You know, no big deal.]