Now you're just trying to flatter me, I think.

[then again, she doesn't see him in private, and he knows he deliberately tries to make himself poised in public. good to know it's working.]

If I don't seem self-conscious, I'm just doing good at not letting it show. Like how if you pretend to be confident, everyone will think you are, and you end up making the pretending reality when you forget about it. Same principle, really.