Maybe not, but you won't know unless you ask, right?

[His smile turns a little wry and self-deprecating.]

You could always just write him a note. URSULA would say it's "just like an elementary school student but more pure."

[Yet again... speaking from personal experience... But wait also-]

If I were just "putting up with you for some reason," I wouldn't have gotten out of bed to haul you out of a closet, would I?