Yup, that's totally how this is going to go down. Thanks for playing, kid.

At the question though, his eyebrows rose in apparent disbelief. Okay, sure, pull that. He could recognize the stubborn from a mile away, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see it from another version of himself, obviously.

The thing that surprised him wasn't that, "You mean you managed to get away from Sloth without her telling you?" He just assumed the kid knew, really, it was kind of her opening act to play that manipulation angle to its fullest.