[ Agreed. Or as ironic as it is, what you get as a prize for not making a fuss at the dentist.

He follows and responds initially with a nonchalant hum, not pausing even as a hand is raised in acknowledgment for familiar faces sat nearby, people immersed in their own little worlds. They had a ways to go, but the Quiet Coach would be next and that's a quick trip in and out at least, though voices will amplify by virtue of just being there. ]

Well, I don't know about that. [ If two worlds can be connected after all...Good work in one reflects good in the other. It has to. It will. ] And in any case, there's never any harm in trying your best, right? With or without cookies and candy. Though...

[ He idly spots the interior of one of the cars, reminiscing briefly. ]

...Heh. It'd be nice to win once, for bragging rights.