( one of these days he'll learn to keep his comments to himself — maybe — but for now, not only because he knows it gets under rex's skin just enough to effectively ruffle his feathers, he says things like this because there is a severe lack of brain-to-mouth filter and he very rarely bothers thinking too much about what's on his mind before he says it.

and he's being honest, okay. for all this seems like a lot of unnecessary needling, there is nothing but truth to everything he says.

but he'll behave himself for the time being, mostly because he's in no particular mood to be antagonistic as he is to simply poke fun when and where he sees it, and he gives a one-shouldered shrug as he steps back out of rex's space and stretches his arms above his head until his back pops in several places. )

Always takin' shit so literal … ( he sighs, overexaggerated, but still grinning. ) Dunno if you've noticed, but I'm a nickname kinda guy. Get used to it. ( never mind that the only person he's ever really called sweetheart without his usual sarcasm was abel … but that's neither here nor there. )

Double-jointed, huh? Ever freak anybody out with that shit?