[ his ears droop, and he looks hurt? ]

I see how it is. You're only keeping me around because I'm useful! I didn't think you had it in you to be so cold...

[ takes a forlorn bite of his cake, before continuing: ]

... Just kidding. But no, I don't just mean the powers. Though that's a pretty large part of it...

[ a sigh. ]

I dunno. I'm not the only one tired of just repeating the same thing every week, right?