[Zeke turns a skeptical side glance right back on him.] Chum, I hear the words, but I'm not sure you're hearing what more you're saying. You might as well be yelling that you don't want to work with anyone and you're going to make it jolly miserable.

[Zeke's long past the school days, so those noises annoy him more than they strike any deep-seated nerves within him. Oh, later he'll probably have some dreams about forgetting his homework in a class he never knew he was taking, but that's a problem for future Zeke. So he can be super-calm and cool about all of this.]

Not a good start to a team effort, eh?