You do. Obviously I can't make you! But I can remind you to keep it in mind. [ Admittedly, he thinks, it would be nice, to feel a little more on equal footing when it comes to that sort of thing. ]

But hey, what do you mean flustered!? [ He says that outloud, automatically, but Blue will feel the immediate self-awareness that, okay, he's got him there. He knows how he gets sometimes. Ugh.

Still, he does add, because he's him: ] I'm prepared for anything!

[ Yzak you know not what you speak of. ]