[But is it better than their regular experiments? Considering those also result in a happy boyfriend?]

Ouais, for sure; if I got friends here who wanna see me out 'n about more... I gotta find some way to adapt to it, yeah.
I never needed to do this kinda thing before...

[And thinking about that fact, the fact that he's never needed to be social and adapt to it -
It actually gets him to smile a little.]

... 'S nice, knowin' I got enough buds 'round here that this is a problem for me.