He kind of...winces at that, chuckling sheepishly through a groan as he rubs his face in his hand.

"Uh. Heh. Um."

She doesn't sound annoyed, but he can't help it -- there's only one thing to do: explain himself.

"That's-- that's an expression. Y'know, 'to bang one's brains out.'" (Yes, he actually presented the verb in its infinitive form.) "It's complimentary, really. It just means that when we-- y'know, uh, bang each other's brains out, we have really great, really intense-- uh--"

Has he ever used the S-word with her before? He can't remember.

"--sex. Which kinda just leaves you dazed and kinda at a loss for anything else, so-- uh. Yeah. Uh. This counts."