[It's less Quentin trying to divert the conversation or win Steven over, and more- falling back into old habits of misdirection. Partially. He genuinely finds the fact Steven is working with stone very interesting though. He was always more of a 'fake stone via foam' guy himself.]

Hey, don't sell yourself short. Not everybody can do masonry, so that? Is very unique. You think you'll keep going with it, or branch out into something else-? It's... good, having more than one thing to look forward to. A lot better than just... [Quentin scratches the back of his neck self-consciously, but he's got to keep going.] Losing steam, or getting stuck on something.