"I can't judge you for what you're choosing to be shy about now, but, listen, I assure you, plenty of guys appreciate a lady of a certain age, if I had to guess, most of them would rank the head thing as a larger concern," Tony replied, looking very serious and considering the game pieces arrayed on the bed again like this was all very relevant. With a point toward the head-piece, he said, "So, that's going to have to be a an extended project, after we figure out how to get closer to your head, or bring your head closer to us, and, here's the thing, on the bright side, narrowing the search down to a known planet is pretty powerful, given our circumstances, so we've got that going for us. More immediately, this," with a flick of his finger between them, "is untenable, I can only listen to my own voice for so long, we're looking at about a two-year time limit before we should have some concrete solutions."