[He shakes his head a bit.] I don't mean settled as in just getting a little bit comfortable. Mostly I mean 'there's a few people you've gotta meet before doing any-damned-thing'. They're people that if you get in a tight spot, they'll help.

I've got a pretty strong feeling I know exactly what you want to talk about, so.... let me finish. Then we'll talk about it. [Or, you know, hopefully one or two of them will distract you away from this...]