I don't pick just anyone to play with, Fearne. You're the only one I'm interested in here.

[ Here, at this party. There's a certain qualification they need to have... a certain benefit to him, in some way, but more broadly a certain attitude. Or appearance that might denote it.

Reassuring, isn't it!!! ]

That said, I was feeling much the same until very recently. I suspect it's got something to do with that test they were talking about happening at the university -- the not-so-quaint one, from how they've advertised.

[ This is the quaint one. The other, maybe, isn't. He's sure he'll find out sometime, just not anytime soon. For the sake of science. ]