I--what?

[she was going to veer around him and bustle away, but his offer gives her pause.

suspicious pause, suspicious up-and-down look-over included. things are much more ominous when one takes off the sparkly oh-no-hot-person goggles.]

That's...kind...But I wouldn't want you to suffer my company for any longer than you must. Wouldn't that get in the way of your...ah, ambitions? Work on garnering fame? I'm hardly the start for that.