Babbling in hypotheticals is as valuable as skill as any other. I remember a few nights of that myself that turned into full-borne discussions on whether or not I could localize weather effects. I owe my ability to fly to a night of pondering hypotheticals.

Smoothies are one of the great gifts of the universe. Peach-mango, to be exact, or orange with dark chocolate chips. Espically orange with chocolate chips.

Communication is a valuable skill, period, sweet-talking or no, and I imagine no more corruptive than any other. Being subtle just makes it more palatable, or perhaps less readily obvious.

I believe when you arrived, I was .. on sabbitical, or it was just before I left. We should indeed talk more.