[He laughs openly; a few weeks back, he might have been flustered, but he's had some time to become accommodated with that sort of flirting.]

Now, I would never mean to imply such a thing! That would be terribly rude.

[Unthinkable!]

You're excellent company so far, but even so, I do need to reclaim my hand at some point. I've become quite accustomed to having two of them available after all this time.