"I don't think they're baseless at all. You were the one who said it wasn't fair, remember. I won't push you if you aren't ready to discuss it, but when you are, I'll be here."

He scratches Mini-Crabdad absently under one of his head ridges, which prompts a fresh series of chitters.

"But if I do leave you alone about this, will you leave me alone about my horrible, perverted lifestyle?"