... Well, that wasn't quite as cheery a response as he'd expected, but - no trouble. He shook her hand and his smile widened, possibly out of anxiety. She was friendly, though. "Well - it's a very generous offer. And I haven't really had anything new in - in a while. I could use something about now, I think." That was a bit private, though. He wasn't sure he wanted that cropping up in an article. "I'm not very good at anything like that. I'm not much bothered by it."