Huh, I wasn't exactly in the middle of anything like that when we all ended up here...! I've had a couple thoughts about future projects, maybe, but really I was more or less still just in the collecting ideas and getting inspiration stage of things!

[ observing other examples, seeing what he can do better than them. you know, things like that. ]

Let's see .. if you are going through such a courtship, what possible decisions could you be pondering ... [ a small, mock gasp, eyes widening dramatically ] Could you be considering a breakup? Preparing yourself to stand against fate and say, 'I think we'd be better off going our own separate ways?'