...Lawrence had absolutely no idea who any of these people are. Nonetheless, he filed away the names for later reference (with a faint reminder to do some research on these people when he got back home), and nodded along as he took a sip from his freshly filled glass.

He didn't entirely pick up on her hint of 'not everyone lacking appeal' and that may or may not have been because things were starting to get a little fuzzy. The LaDonna's liquor was surprisingly strong and not at all because he was a lightweight.
He set his glass down a bit more heavily than necessary and stared into it.