Ain't that a sweetheart of a loaded question. Need her? Want her? Sure does, but maybe not in the way she'd probably suspect.

Thought you might be up for a burger and some fries. No, that didn't work last time, and he ain't the type to keep goin' back and tryin' the same angle. It either works or it don't. What he's got to do here is pique her curiosity.

"I was wondering. In your journeys back and forth on that motorcycle of yours, or on any walks through the city proper, you ever seen anyone selling antique appliances or electronics, beyond that guy who bought the heart rate monitor?" He didn't have no cassette players, as far as he recalls, but that might be a place to start.

Now the seed's planted, and he'll sit back and see what happens.