[ after the toast ]
[ Lopsided grin. ] Was hopin' you'd say that.
[ Then, a put-upon sigh. ] He keeps findin' me. Helped him once at the library, and ran into him a few times afterward. Was curious about whatever he's researching, but he's more interested in trying to catch me off-guard. [ Implication here is it hasn't worked! Except that it has. ]