Rikki laughs, shaking her head. "Yeah, tell me about it. You couldn't catch me auctioning off a date with me. Even if I wasn't already seeing someone," she replies. "They're brave."

Then she shrugs her shoulders a little. "I reckon you'll do just fine. I'd be surprised if you didn't. Even if there was no one interested in the science, which I'm sure there is, you're really fun to be around, Jane. You might not have auctioned a date, but that doesn't mean someone might not pay to spend some time with you and, bonus, learn something interesting. You never know."

It sounds like the sort of thing Lewis would've done if he'd been here.