"Fascinating because we're stuck in here," he answers, mostly as a correction. It might not have been anything they'd intended to come out of this evening - or at least, nothing he had intended to come out of it - but that doesn't mean there might not be unique opportunities all the same. And given that he's heard the rattling in the distance, he's fairly certain that they're only going to have so much time to learn whatever they can by this.

On the other hand, he supposes it's probably a good thing that someone's noticed that things aren't exactly running as they should be. Even if he isn't entirely certain if someone breaking into the system from the outside would be a good thing just at the moment.

But that's a minor consideration. Especially given that despite her best efforts to the contrary, she has given him the same sort of opening that she did so many years ago, when they were stuck inside a different sort of computer system.

"Mmm, I'm not sure. Would you say you were experiencing some attraction, just at the moment?"

The tone of his voice is more than enough to imply what he's getting at, although the unspoken 'or should I try harder' is all but audible all the same, especially given the grin that accompanies his comment.

(He'll get back to the actual question she's asked in just a moment.)