But if he'd succeeded… he wouldn't have been able to do anything about it, would he? That seems worse to me. [His grin gets a bit wider anyway.] Haha, I'm sure! Whose idea was it? [He nods, pushing his hands into his pockets.] …that's good.

I suppose so. I'm not sure what this helps, but… we're going to learn more about each other, at the very least.