[What could possibly be more important than small talk over possibly raunchy novels and terrible self help books?

Nothing, that's what.]

I have been very well. [And because talking through a shelf was difficult:]

Please give me a moment. [And she's off, making her way around the shelf so she can talk to him properly.]

What are you you reading? "How to Woo All the Babes: The Guide to Becoming...the Ultimate Smooth Talker"?

[She asks him this with a bright smile like there's absolutely nothing strange about it. Even while holding her own book with half-dressed people swooning all over the cover.]