"No, it's not bad to say that. I don't like suave anyway. I don't trust it. I always feel like people who're being suave are trying to sell me something. And I don't like being sold stuff, even if that's what I do all day. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm not exactly suave myself. The only kind of sweeping anyone off their feet I've ever done is entirely literal, if I've run into someone and knocked them over. And that happens more frequently than it should."

Okay. He seems to have talked out some of his nervousness, and he's undeniably relieved that neither of them have any idea what they're doing. That means he can stop worrying about living up to some kind of ridiculous standards. Ned obviously doesn't have any kind of absurd expectations for him. In fact, he seems oddly charmed by Ginsberg. That's new.