[On to a new tooth, one not like the first he'd worked out. This one is thinner, seeming like one that hadn't quite grown in yet, or one that may have cracked off on something long ago.] It doesn't matter to me. You'll say it now or you'll let me wait, just as I'll do for you. It'll reveal itself in the end eventually, or it won't.

[He's not asking for a laugh this time. In fact, he's not even considering it.] In your situation, I don't suppose it would be. Still, you're asking for something not yet for sale on my part. This time you'll need to wait and see what happens.