What will it take for the other man to do anything sexually related without sighing? Ivan doesn't know, but he can at least try and help the other man. And he's still wearing Komarran stuff. Ivan does have to admit that, in the abstract, the other man makes them look good.

"Tell me more about Komarr," Ivan starts, pressing his thumbs on either side of the base of his neck after rubbing his hands down with massage oil. "I know it's got domes, like Beta Colony, but we went underground."

Komarr, as far as he knows, didn't.