Politely, I guess. Buuuut- [And he leans in further. If you were to happen to glance at Linda now, she's actually looking oddly starry-eyed at this moment] I'm not the most polite person ever, am I? Respect, care... ah, I've got a lot of virtues! But.

With you right in front of me like this? Maybe you just blush and nod. "Thank you," in fact, strikes me as dismissing it.