[He takes advantage of the silence and nurses his own drink, taking in the atmosphere. He hadn't cared for it when he was younger, but the dome offered few alternatives. Kanji's invitation catches him off guard, and it takes a second for the question to register.]
You want to go out with me? To dinner?
[It's been a long time since he felt this kind of flustered confusion, that had nothing to do with misunderstanding the request, at all. That would be ridiculous. They are adults.]