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Mayonnaise is an affront to God. [is he playing now? Maybe a little, before he remembers that in a few hours Harold will waterboard him to put him back in place. But after that, things will be okay.]

I'll try it, sir. I'll make sure she eats something she likes.

[ He's so, so immensely relieved to have returned to this place of humorous rapport after how this conversation started out. Harold is fiercely thankful for one long moment before he responds, making sure he sounds even and pleasant. ]

Thank you. If it doesn't work then I'll take complete responsibility -- throw me under the bus, as it were.

[He's not expecting that. It stirs him up the way he'd been when he first realized Finch was every bit as loyal as Bossie suspected.]

No can do, sir. I'll take her knee to the balls for you. [he's teasing now.] I'll see you for bird pictures after the mission, all right?

Ms. Shaw would never be so unsportsmanlike as to take out her ire on a noncombatant, [ Harold says with dry amusement, returning the teasing with easy banter. ] I feel quite safe.

But yes, certainly. Mac and cheese and bird pictures it is.

[ He sounds just as comfortable dropping the elaborate vocabulary as he sounds when he's using it. ]

[Harold will drowned him or punish him in some way that makes them even. And Bossie will endure it because he wants them to be on even footing again. And then things will be okay. They can look at pictures of rare birds together. Bossie can show him all the bird calls he's taught himself since he was very small. Maybe Harold will like that.

They'll be even for Bossie's transgressions against Accelerator. And things will be okay again.]

Sir? What's your sandwich?

[ As always, Harold is surprised when someone else remembers he exists as an individual person, and he's just a tiny bit flustered before he finds his voice enough to reply smoothly. ]

If I'm being totally honest, it's not a sandwich at all. I'm partial to pastries.

[ Considering he once made John seriously work for it just to tell him he likes eggs benedict, Harold has come a very long way. ]

[Pastries are tricky things aren't they? Especially for someone who hasn't really learned to bake. But okay. A challenge.]

I know a cute French girl. Bet she knows all kinds of good Pastries.

I am particularly fond of French pastries, [ Harold admits in the tone of a wry confession. ]

Yeah? You got a sweet tooth, sir?

[He sounds warm, fond. Maybe he can bring something good after the punishment is over.]

Regrettably, yes. The selection here compared to New York is an absolute travesty.

You'd hate my home town. Nothing but dump cakes and apple dumplings.

[ Harold doesn't share personal details easily -- or almost ever -- so he doesn't comment here that his hometown had nothing more than funnel cakes. ]

I did greatly appreciate the culinary breadth and depth available in New York. [ He actually sighs a little. ] But we must make do.

Please let me know how you make out, Mr. Bossie.

I'll bring you something good, sir. I promise.

[Please don't throw me out, he doesn't say.]

[ Considering he's never thrown out anyone in his life, Harold does not catch this subtext. ]

I'll look forward to it.

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