It isn't as though they can do much in seven minutes -- more like five, now, with the time they've spent figuring out what they're meant to be doing in the first place.

If he's really honest with himself, he wants affection, and not just that but he wants that affection from this particular person. If he's even more honest with himself he doesn't care what quadrant it is. He doesn't care if it's quadranted at all, it can be its own quadrantless brand of human affection. He's probably more equipped than any other troll to understand that.

"It isn't affection that's the issue," he says, choosing his words very carefully. "It's the way you show it. Kissing, for instance, is fine. You could kiss me as much as you liked."