I’m not complaining. [A beat, smile half-crooked when he adds: ] Now. I was then, to be clear.

[Often; sometimes mercilessly. Jim’s reluctant to let go now, too. ] But not now. You can burst in any time. The doors always open.

[And then, quieter: ] Preferably you do it without pissing off Billy, too. He’s currently trying to give me a migraine.