"I could use several minutes alone, mainly because if I do get this working, you might have to fight me to have some of it," Ravi admits, because it has been quite a while since he's been given a chance to caffeinate and this little percolator doesn't seem capable of fulfilling the twenty-four ounce plus cup he wants to inhale.

"Unless one of your vintagey little cameras shows up, it's just your word against mine," he points out, a touch smug. "I could always go around telling people that you're the serial coffee hugger."