[ He looked faintly amused at hearing that. Then, you know, that did give him an idea. ]

It sounds like you've given this more thought than I anticipated.

...But, as a result I have also managed to think of a few ideas myself, so perhaps I won't be ungrateful.

[ ... ]

Though, it'll have nothing to do with these outfits we were talking about; but it'd still have to unfortunately wait until this was all done and over with.