[ well, mission accomplished, Lupine. he turns aside and raises a shoulder to muffle his own laugh. ]

If you ever needed to hear it, sure. [ hah. ] You'd probably hate someone insisting you're so cute, so imperfectly adorable as much as I do.

[ paraphrasing only a little as he backs off a bit more. ]

Solid guess? But no, sorry. I can't give you any points for that. Now, unless you want me to buy you something to go with your brand new additions, I should go, right? Operation Breakaway Part 2: The Revenge is in place.

[ surely this nonsense is obvious, and if it's not then it's confusing enough to give pause? ]