Ford obligingly leans over to check out the page Aymeric is indicating. He even adjusts his glasses a little.
"I believe it's a mating display. Many species have them in some form or another."
This is all a much more poetic understanding of romance than he's really into, possibly because he was never one for poetry and possibly because the whole subtlety thing was never an option for him. Yearning and the chase, sure, but that just got punch all down the front of his tux at prom. Being direct is easier for him and he's found it gets much better results.
"It is supposed to be a field notebook, you understand, so aside from the dated entries showing the progress of the relationship and proximity between subject and researcher there wasn't room for the, ah... traditional romance you mention."
Which is the most diplomatic way he can say 'that shit's boring as hell and minimizing it was a conscious choice'.
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"I believe it's a mating display. Many species have them in some form or another."
This is all a much more poetic understanding of romance than he's really into, possibly because he was never one for poetry and possibly because the whole subtlety thing was never an option for him. Yearning and the chase, sure, but that just got punch all down the front of his tux at prom. Being direct is easier for him and he's found it gets much better results.
"It is supposed to be a field notebook, you understand, so aside from the dated entries showing the progress of the relationship and proximity between subject and researcher there wasn't room for the, ah... traditional romance you mention."
Which is the most diplomatic way he can say 'that shit's boring as hell and minimizing it was a conscious choice'.