Everyone needs to be flattered now and then. [He replied honestly, still leaning in toward her. His volume dropped in response to their lessened distance, still perfectly audible to the woman to whom he was speaking.] Are you afraid of getting personal?

[When she consented, another token smile appeared on his lips.] I've kissed a stranger on a street in Italy, I've stolen over a dozen cars in my lifetime, and I think you want to kiss me.