Although knowing he was terrible at small talk, he still intended to try and make the most of this. That, and he wanted to make her happy. Everything else was secondary to that.
"It is. I'm glad we came here." That and the dim lights were decent to him. He was fairly sure he wouldn't leave with a headache this time. "Your brother stopped by the other day," because he remembered his promise to his nephew. "He'd like it if you called him. And have you looked at any opera's you might enjoy?"