"I don't want a car sent. I take the tube, I always take the tube. And I don't want the Bond treatment," Q replied, not upset, but clearly not happy either.

Sometimes he felt like James wasn't really aware of what he was like, or even willfully blind to it. Q didn't want to go out for fancy meals, didn't drive unless there weren't other options. He wasn't a romantic, he was practical, and blunt. Too blunt, sometimes maybe.