[He starts to decline, loathe for anyone he doesn't know all that intimately to see him like this. But then, maybe Ivan seeing him not at his best isn't so bad. There's no standard to live up to that way. And maybe the distraction of a handsome man would be nice. Good, even.]

I would love your company. This little bar is... packed enough to get lost in. It's a dive by the entrance to the Underground. Do you know it?