"Now you're being silly."

Grin.

A thought strikes Michael. "Wait, if you had a kid when you were someone else, whose would it be?"

Grimace. "I wouldn't."

"Pardon?"

Headshake.

"...Aww, why not?"

Shrug. Grimace.

He shrugs. "Maybe we explained it wrong."

Frown. Headshake.

"But they'd be the second best babies!"

More vehement headshake.

"Okay, a tie."

Sigh.

"Michael, please stop being mer-normal."

Giggle. "Michael-normal. Mer are more."

"More what?"

Shrug. "More."

He sniffs. "I have no idea what you might mean by that."

"Do too."

"No I don't."

Nodnod.

"Do you have to pay a dollar every word or something?

Nodnod!

"Stop being weird!"