Please don't mind if I attempt some compromise, Miss Johanna. It's force of habit.

[ And he's no longer a boy! Just a man who is surprisingly strict about his own manners.

He chuckles at the compliment, though. ]

Really, is that your idea of rudeness? I'll have you know that you're quite right. Made enough to retire several times over by the time I did, in fact, retire. Doesn't mean much here, but that doesn't matter, really. I've always been my most important resource.