Gotta be more subtle about it too, or the girls are going to just roll their eyes even if it's only done once in a blue moon.

[Said like he knows shit! He doesn't! Who would believe him! But he lets go of Midnight's face all the same, punctuating it with a placating pat.]

Honestly, I can probably only think of one woman I work with who'd be into you, and [it's the woman he has a thing for so fuck you fuck you fuck you] even she'd get tired of evergreen mountain vistas after short time, I think. And she's from a cold part of the City! It's about absence making the heart grow fonder, and pseudo-rarity.

That's how they drive up demand for goods, anyway. If it feels rare, you feel special for seeing it or having it!