It's been an awfully long time since a lady's looked at him like that. Not since... That train of thought gets ruthlessly stomped on and shoved out an airlock. Not going there now, not ever.

Besides, he has more important things to do at the moment, like smile back, like offer an arm to this glorious creature who hasn't seen fit to rebuff him, God knows why.
"Now, seeing as I was right about the pancakes, I think that when I say fried catfish with blackeye peas and okra is one of the finest meals on God's green Earth, you should believe me."