Used to paint. He uses the perfect tense there, and then...that usual closing down. ' I do not have very many male friends. ' Small wonder in how impossible he makes it to just talk to him with emotional luggage. A 'woman'-ish failing and anxiety, for someone so specifically concerned about having 'male' friends who would, according with stereotypes, have absolutely no patience for it. "Tuesday would be best. And you needn't worry of my asking you to paint - it would be messy around the cats. There are pet-safe fur dyes on the market, though. Maybe someday you could help me decorate the cats for an event. "
Thraen offered out his hand to the other, by way of formal accord and social convention. "Tuesday evening, as Fritz, at the Catfe then?"