[ He thinks maybe it's not just nerves, but when he considers it, it probably is. Yeah - it definitely is. It explains why even simple words escape him. ]

I mean, maybe not. But it's also -- it's very new.

[ So it's been a lot of people watching or trying to figure it out by engaging with her directly. And his desire for once to really do something right. And he's never been nervous in his life before. He wasn't even last time he had messaged her asking. Because he walked in with the assumption that she wouldn't want to anyway.

Well, now is as good as time as any, right? ]

Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies with me on a date, Jane. And, after the movie, we can get something to eat.

[ Well - at least he's out with it. ]