[Look, he's dealt with Yukio his entire life. He knows how to handle this situation.

Thankfully not by talking incessantly but by at least offering some topics that he needs to provide more than one word answers to.]

Got any preferences on food? I mean, I've only got so much to offer, it is a Teppanyaki grill, but there's like steak, tofu, fish...

[He trails off in thought, realizing something a little belatedly.]

Actually do you know what Teppanyaki is? I've run into a lotta people who don't.