Aa-! Really?! [there’s a couple soft thumps of his tail at that - vindication! hope!]

So I’m not crazy! I knew it! [sure is relieved for a guy who “knew it”]

You’re too smart to just do something you don’t like without good reason, so—so there was a good reason! Er, well, if you liked it, maybe there wasn’t a good reason, but that still means you liked—- [here’s where steam should fizz out his ears.] Liked…to…