It was funny, because back on earth, if anyone he'd ever paid for sex had told him that, he would have absolutely not believed them, however convincing. But he had already decided sometime back that Fin didn't lie to him, and that was... comforting, perhaps. Or at least easier. If not occasionally confusing.

"That's... flattering." And it really was.

House was not exactly a romantic. He'd not been in a relationship since Stacy, and that was years ago, before he'd come onto this ship. But he didn't want one, either. And he wasn't an idiot; he knew exactly what this was and what this wasn't. And still...

"Do you ever worry about your clients getting too close?" he asked.