[ Sigh, very well. He will play nice, as it were. ]

Certainly. Most recently, I am from St. Louis; it has been many years since I was in France. [ Since his accent is completely obvious, he knows that is no revelation, that he's French. ] And yourself? I will be quite surprised if a classic American boy such as yourself are from elsewhere.

[ John said he wasn't going to flirt, but Jean-Claude has to make a concerted effort to strip it out of his own speech. It's as automatic as breathing is to mortals. ]