It's not the idea of telling the truth that gets a chuckle, but the assurance that she only occasionally frets over him. The very fact she felt the need to add that little detail tickles him.
"Maybe if you don't get me anything too fancy, or too often," he concedes. Partly because she made him laugh, and partly because he doesn't want to actually annoy her. "And if you promise not to date any of my coworkers. Since that's exactly what they'll try to do if I tell them that's how I'm getting fed properly."
He has to slow as he takes them off road again and through another gate, back into an animal paddock.
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Date: 2023-08-04 05:43 pm (UTC)"Maybe if you don't get me anything too fancy, or too often," he concedes. Partly because she made him laugh, and partly because he doesn't want to actually annoy her. "And if you promise not to date any of my coworkers. Since that's exactly what they'll try to do if I tell them that's how I'm getting fed properly."
He has to slow as he takes them off road again and through another gate, back into an animal paddock.