"Trust me, it isn't easy OR fun OR tasty. But if you live in the mountains and that's all that's there..." he replied with a shrug. "Sandwiches are great, though. And Pizza. Burritos. I wouldn't want to live alone in the mountains again."

He opened the door to the lab for her.

"I don't know if it's really an interesting place to go! But what WOULD be interesting would be showing you the Department store near where Red caught me. I could even show you some of the restaurants inside it? If you wanted? For dinner."

Like a date sort of. Despite his seeming unwillingness to drop the D word.