Oh, it certainly has in the past, brought us together, that is.

[He chuckles, though.]

But not in a good way. We were...at odds, you could say, but the past is the past, I suppose. Still, I find him a insufferable bore. [He looked over to her, rolling his shoulder in a shrug.] To each their own, of course. If you enjoy his company, I'll not begrudge you that.