[Victor catches the movement out of the corner of his eye, though he doesn't do anything about it until he's put down the pot. Then he nods to her.] It usually comes out well enough. Do you like milk and sugar in it? [He'll be getting out both anyway as he likes them in his tea, but it's only polite to ask.]

Er -- in mathematics, yes. But when it comes to making deals and things like that -- n-not really. I tend to be t-too shy for my own good.

That would be lovely. [He notices the cookies are untouched.] Er -- you can have one of those if you like.