I...would, yes.

[He sounds a little hesitant about it, maybe understandably so. He's dipping a toe into the water, here, checking the temperature to see if he likes it. It's a pool he's never been in, after all.]

I may...if it's all right, I...hm.

[He's a fairly reserved man, but he's so rarely really lost for words.]

I don't know whether this sort of thing would be possible with my braces on. I think you've felt the rough shape of them, what do you think?