... Sherbet pauses. Something she could do? He could think of all kinds of awful things, but he won't say them. Even he's not THAT bad.

"You can help me find some frozen yogurt later, and I'll consider it square!"

... There hasn't been a lot around lately, you see, and it's very important to him!!!

"To be honest, I'd feel kind of bad if I was mean anyway, since you were so nice to me when we first met." Most people aren't... very nice to him... hahahahah... ha.