YAD #2
Eldon flashed his own cheeky smile back to Elandra. "Well you told me yourself you wanted me to take you out for a drink, though not in so many words, so being the gentleman that I am, I didn't want to disappoint you," he tips his green cap with the bushy blue plume and gives her a slight bow as a gentleman would to a lady, though his eyes do flick to Luthien in case action is called for whilst he fills in the moments trying to get a date with the girl.
When no indication of action is forthcoming he refocuses on Elandra and not wanting to torment the girl he explains what he means, repeating her words.
"If you recall when I said we shouldn't drink together you asked me 'why shouldn't we drink together?', telling me you 'like to drink wine' in the same sentence. Further to that, you told me you were very single. Not just single, but very single to make sure I hadn't missed the fact that you were available for a date, and then in the same sentence you described me as 'cute and interesting'."
Eldon continues to smile shrugging as he does so.
"Now if I rearrange the order of your sentences to make it less confusing, I can paraphrase you even better. "I'm single and ready to mingle, and you are cute and interesting, let's have a drink together I like wine."
Eldon beams a smile to her, as if he was just waiting for her to agree to a date or to at least say yes.