"What do you mean? She's a woman. She counts." And so what if he was being a little insistent? If Enola didn't count, for whatever reason Jamie managed to conjure up, then Ryan didn't really... know of any other female who would count.
"Why would I ask her out? She has work to do, her own life to lead and I don't think US Military and Nuclear Power should meet up all that often." If at all.
In fact, theoretically, the less he met up with these immortals associated with war and all its destructive forces, the better it was for the world at large.
Not that it was stopping him from being friends with them.
"I wouldn't hide anything from you, Jamie, but I don't really know what answer you're looking for with this question."