[ Dick? Dick stuck his tongue at him. ]

Well, maybe, but it's still not something I want you to go through, all right?

[ Then he blinked, giving a small sigh of his own - a very happy sigh - at the casual, easy address, there. His eyes were warm and calm... and he didn't even notice at all the falling back to old thoughts as he asked, softly, ]

Of course. May I get dressed, first?

[ ... habits. Some were harder to break than others. ]