[ Dave still isn't looking at him. His head is turned so his face is partially visible, but his eyes are trained on the ground. The height discrepancy and his lowered lashes obscure his eyes from view. ]

Concern for public safety, that's all. I can't just walk around with these gorgeous peepers bared for everyone to see. We'd have chicks fainting left and right, guys questioning themselves in a deeply intimate manner, adults breaking all kinds of laws....