He couldn't help it. It wasn't the smart response or the best response, but it was the one he had.
Which was why his face broke into a slightly manic laugh.
"You'd put all that work in... and you didn't want anyone undoing a lifetime of... scraping me off the floor because of some war off somewhere, eh, Buck?"
He didn't even realize he'd slipped because it was all just... insane. Ridiculous. Utterly him.
"That... explains why you looked half ready to kill me when I showed up to drag you out of that factory. Half confused, half ready to kill me yourself. Damn. Just... damn."
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Which was why his face broke into a slightly manic laugh.
"You'd put all that work in... and you didn't want anyone undoing a lifetime of... scraping me off the floor because of some war off somewhere, eh, Buck?"
He didn't even realize he'd slipped because it was all just... insane. Ridiculous. Utterly him.
"That... explains why you looked half ready to kill me when I showed up to drag you out of that factory. Half confused, half ready to kill me yourself. Damn. Just... damn."