Mm, I met him at the ball! ( he pauses a moment to recall. ) He was dressed as a prince.

( regardless of how much a tangent it is, a question is still a question and it would be impolite te not answer. and when has he ever been averse to taking a chance to talk. )

Yes! And to be fair, lots of things that don't seem all that complicated, that's just because they're deceptively easy. Though with driving, it's not really all that complicated. A lot of it ends up being muscles memory. One doesn't need to put the same amount of thought into presentation in this case.