[Although being a huge nerd tends to make it a bit of a surprise, Chris is really good at reading people; that combined with the fact that Curufin's sudden interest in talking in person is not that subtle means he gets the point right away.]

Yeah, sure, definitely; I suck at building anything that isn't a computer, so I'll totally take you up on that. I'm not doing anything right now, so you're good to come over if you want as long as you don't mind that there's a wolf in my house.