[Her reply earns an amused snort of sort. You know what? That's a pretty good excuse, huh.]

I know you are. If I recall, Clorinde has mentioned that you would have liked to design a proper outfit for me for any of Fontaine's official gatherings. [The gatherings he never goes to, always having some sort of excuse as to why. He is quite the expert of avoiding things when possible.] Well, since you have such a keen eye of assets, perhaps you can give me pointers on what to accentuate.

[Now he's definitely messing around.]