"Can I be completely honest with you?" He questions yet goes on before she can answer. "That is the very first time I've used that line with anybody. Can't blame a guy for trying, can you?" Now he gives a self-conscious-looking smile which is pretty convincing that he's been humbled. As if that other part was now the act. The confidence still there but now subdued under a layer of dignified modesty. Like a hero who nobly turns down the accolades.