"Thank you, sir," replied Stephen, accepting the offered handshake. "It's such an honor to be here. Please call me Stephen. And may I say, sir, that when the press release comes out announcing your pregnancy, I will be the first to send flowers."

OH! that entire passage gave me so much love! Classic Stephen, right to the damned core. So utterly... childlike and completely clueless that his heroes may have a complete and utter lack of testicular fortitude when it comes to acting fully on their beliefs.