Being two relatively smart individuals, surely you underestimate us Gideon.

[Shrugs]

To be honest, it was more of the intuition one has as friends that brought me here more than anything... [looks away with an obvious melancholic expression]

Age truly is an interesting thing to reflect upon, now that I think about it, [Implying he hadn't spent a sleepless night being tormented by thoughts along these lines.] There I go babbling whimsically again.

[a pause]

So tell me then Gideon, what is the idle small talk you wish to impart on us ?