"It isn't," he assured Elijah. "Feeling weird about emphasizing it occasionally.... I seem to be getting over." And he was. He was getting over a lot. Still awkward and not quite sure where the lines were, or what the rules were, but he was figuring it out as he got to know Elijah. It was... a guy thing, actually. It was an Elijah thing. Enigmatic left him guessing and...

He kind of liked that, actually.