Hmph. Someday I'll get a partner.

[Zeke has, unsurprisingly, focused on the one part of that statement that isn't actually a zing, and interpreted it as one. The rest of it doesn't bother him at all, of course, nor does Novvy's reaction in general. But no time for that now!]

You bet I'm a hero! Tell me what heroics need to be done, and watch in awe as they're done!