[ yes yes your rocks are cute too, he will adjust his glasses and make sure to peer at each one in turn and give a firm nod to both. your rocks are lovely. ]

Then they truly are naughty little creatures, but I suppose sometimes we all need a bit of a break from our duties.

[ he thinks about the ridiculous ways his own strange found family has tried to drag him out of his workshop. he would find it loathsome at the time, but afterwards, he'd been glad he'd been tugged away from his work. ]