"Still. If you're going to pay that kind of price, at least you get to make a damn magnificent purchase with it."

He laughs. "Yes I do!"

She gives the kitten a considering look and has Dr. Bun hop over to cuddle it.

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwww."

"Hubristic powers of adorableness," she giggles.

He beams at her.

She grins back.

The kitten gently boops Dr. Bun's nose with a paw and then disappears. "Kind of hard to keep up," he admits.

"For now."

"For now."

"If it takes you as much as a third of the time it took me to get where I am I will purchase an ugly hat and eat it."

He snickers.

"Now I'm curious if the hat-eating thing is an idiom where you're from as well."

"It is, actually!"

"It's a pretty nifty idiom."

"Very evocative."

"And so easy to embellish!"

"As you have demonstrated, yes!"

"Well. Just because I do something doesn't necessarily mean it's easy."

"True."

"Although I'll concede that it's likelier outside of the domain of magic."

"Yeah."

"I do have something of an advantage at bilingual puns, though, as many languages as I speak."

"Ooh."

"Almost everyone is at least bilingual in Genosha but five is still more than usual."