[Evan grins again. The whole exchange earlier still has him just slightly manic with his good humor, but he's on the comedown rather than the ramp-up, at least.] No kidding. That new?

Can I ask maybe a dumb question? [He's going to either way, sorry.] How do you guys, I don't know, find the time? Nalawi was such a debacle, I barely had the chance to talk to friends a lot of the time, much less... [He waves a hand unilluminatingly, indicating the vast expanse of mystery that is romance and/or an active sex life.] I was talking to a new recruit the other day and it came up, and I realized I have no idea how any of you who are actually paired off find the free time to get around to it.

[Paired off. If Evan were not furiously stuffing his feels down the feel-hole just then, he'd've had to acknowledge a pang of wist at that idea.]