The words hit him and he wondered if he'd screwed up somewhere. "No, not a job, per se," he said, frowning. Uncertainty was a new thing for Arthur and yet he found it often creepy up from time to time. Not that he wasn't trying but dating was still new to him beyond casual things. Ariadne was anything but casual to him.

"More a dinner than a job. If you want it, that's up to you and it'll be after the first of the year. I just... I got a call because Saito apparently give out your number and I thought of how amazing this could all be and I can call them now and cancel," he said, reaching for his phone.