Weren't you eying one of the Instructor's old classmates? The Reinford executive? Bet she really enjoys those kinds of conversations.

[She giggles at the comment]

I think for Kurt you need to find someone who wants to talk at length about swords, without making any jokes while doing it. Fortunately there are quite a few of those in the world so whenever he decides he's going to look he won't have to look far.