*already has some idea of this boy's merit, after listening to Elrond talk (and if your father likes the kid, he must really be something else)*
*mm-hmms and ah, I sees at appropriate intervals* Football captain, senior, so he has some social standing... "Gary", is it? *nodding seriously* I'll have Glorfindel run down his records.
*squashes a laugh to see you squirming so (Eru, this is the best thing he's gotten to do in aaaages)* *drops another innocent match into the keg* Is he cute?