"Oh, w-w-well... that d-does.... sound exciting. I-I-I'm not-not... much of a...a... structural en-en-engineer, b-but... I-I'm sure... there are... lots of ss-scraps and-and...and such around... f-fffor you... err t-to make... ah use of," he got his point out eventually, but he didn't feel awkward or rushed as he might usually. Sometimes he would've just shortened what he was trying to say, stuck to the briefest of acknowledgments. He was so often painted as 'painfully shy', but it wasn't that exactly. It wasn't that he was shy, it was that other people lacked patience.
"I...I w-was... g-g-going t-to... get tea. D-do you... w-w-want tea? Or... or... wh-whatever... sssomeone your age... m-might... drink?"