or if Bond's default setting is 'flirt'. And it's really inappropriate anyway because they are trapped In a collapsed building, and this is no time for flirting!

I think Bond's default is flirting. I felt like he was basically anger!flirting when he met Silva for the first time and that really wasn't the time for flirting either.

I'm trying to write Bond's narration again, and it's very slow going.

Nope, avoided that like the plague. Stuck to dialogue via communicators only. Not even doing expressions!