Somethin' like that, I suppose. It was meant to be a fling, I wasn't even goin' to engage him and he just sort of..grew on me. Like a fungus.

[A nod.] Mutually beneficial fungus.

[And that was the worst possible time to sip his drink because he's choking on it now. He's just going to rasp in response.] Don't you think it's a little soon for that?