"I'm glad I can make you smile," he said, looking up again, and smiling at her. "You're right though, if everyone did the same things it would be very boring, and not everything would get done."
He took his book back and patted it fondly before setting it down out of the way. He didn't really know what else to say, he didn't know her well enough yet. Well, maybe that was something to say.
"So, er, we don't know each other very well, so what is it you do when you're not busy making people better?" he asked. "Since, obviously you've seen what I do when I'm not here."