"Hey, a man can dream, right?" It wasn't as though he'd actually expected Silvie to say yes. One day, though. One day she wouldn't be so scared anymore. "Besides. I gotta be ready for when you actually agree, right?"
It wasn't like he could blame the nurse-- what, had he been supposed to be happy about being kept stationary and unable to do much of anything?-- but she did seem to be almost excessively gleeful over his having to be wheeled down. "She's had loads of practice," he grinned, nodding to Silvie as he accepted the paperwork to sign.