[He's definitely smirking, and Miya's ears are bright red as he covers his face.] Doooon't laugh at me! I'm trying to be serious!

[But it's sort of nice. The attention. He'd never gotten this much attention back in the temple. Honestly, he'd gotten used to being ignored, had resigned himself to it. This is -- new. Strange. Kind of addictive. Miyano could get used to having Bruce's attention on him.

Peeking through his fingers:] I understand the basics. You won't have to worry about that. Whenever, um. Whenever we. You. When we.

You know.