Luckily for Nes, Bartholomew was very much used to nonverbal communication thanks to Perry. Bartholomew started looking at the platters as Nes pointed them out. "These look very good. You really don't mind sharing?"

Don't underestimate Perry's ability to wait out a silence there Chris. When Chris was finally ready, Perry looked over to him. He blinked once, wondering how he kept finding himself in these situations where he was expected to give relationship advice. For one he couldn't talk and two he really didn't have a love life, his job demanded too much. Not to mention where was someone supposed to find a female platpus in the tri-state area? But, wait, he was getting off topic and starting to rant badly like Doofenshmirtz.

Perry took a breath and raised his hands. It was a noncommittal gesture. He'd had people tell him that, but probably not in the way Chris was saying. He had seen a lot of soap operas though...if that counted.