I'm adorable. [ said in a completely deadpan voice. ]

I'm... not sure how I'd feel, if he showed up here. [ he tries to imagine it, and can't help the small laugh that escapes. ] He'd probably enjoy it a lot more than me. Encouraged to indulge in any and all vices? He'd have a field day.

[ watching her laugh, he opens his mouth, before shutting it and looking down, and then away from her, before speaking. ] I'm just telling the truth.

[ he's actually relieved to be talking about the mayor's ascension now, instead of continuing to reveal just how much he admires her. although there's still a fair bit of that, too. ] In front of everyone. I wasn't really there until the eclipse - that's when it had to happen, convergence of events, all that. But he was giving the commencement speech at graduation first. Everyone had weapons underneath their gowns.

[ he presses his lips together, trying to hold back a smile, and finally squints past her shoulder. ] No, you didn't blow up the gym. [ the war against his amusement is losing. ] You lured him through the school, and Giles blew up the library.