He compliments her on it specifically. Isabella told him all about it, Isabella was very impressed.

Not helping.

Sorry.

Not your fault.

Do you like want me to tell her for you, or something?

We concluded last time that wouldn't help, right? No material facts have changed.

Are you going to just keep on sorta moping as long as no material facts change.

Yeah. But productively moping. Indoor plumbing and everything.

...are any of the material facts even, like, changeable, or are you literally planning to mope forever. Productively.

I might eventually meet someone even more brilliant than her.

...Iiiii'm probably biased or something.

But you don't think there are any? I'm probably biased too.

I kinda do not think there are any.

Well.

I could totally be wrong? I have, like, twin goggles?

I know more than two hundred thousand people. Well.

That's a lot of people.

Yep. Your world has billions but - none of them have tried to get exploratory magery and come sneak the aliens through the industrial revolution.

Well somebody could've tried and failed or something? I guess?

Yeah.

Or there could be, like, inherently excellent people who live in Tibet and can't go places or something.

Yeah.

I'm still not really helping am I.

If I preferred wearing a collar to moping I could do that. I don't, so.

Well, I mean, if she gave you hers. She likes you but if I don't ask her I'm not gonna know if she like likes you.