Darren snickers. "There we go, that's the answer I was looking for. I'll share Dumbledoring with you and not get snippy about it."

"Excellent, you'd be much worse company if you got snippy."

"I really would be! Thankfully I don't seem to be in a situation where I would get snippy."

"I'm glad. Your company would be a huge loss."

Darren blushes and giggles. "Thank you! You're lovely company, too."

"I would imagine that's why you asked me out, yes."

"Yeah, that's the general idea of how dating works, or so I'm led to believe. I could be wrong. The point could be to ask out horrible people and try to test your own patience. "

"Your impression accords with mine! But perhaps we read the same outdated literature."

"If we do, then lucky us! Having the same incorrect views of the world."

"Us and our out-of-touch models of dating will probably leave us happier than the rest of our cohort! Yay!"

"Yeah! It's perfect, this is great!"

"Dubious. Very dubious."

"Well I can't be expected to understand how people with such alien motivations work."

"Failure of perspective-taking. Deficient empathy. Oh no."

"This is what happens when I skip my class on Remedial Ethics."

"You will have to study hard for the final if you want to pass."

"I really will. Will you help me study it? I might need a tutor."

"I could probably see my way to doing that."

"I am very benevolent. I am an advanced ethics student and everything."

"Ooo, advanced ethics. How fancy! What sorts of things do you learn about in Advanced Ethics?"