[He might be more frustrated with Victor's apparent cluelessness, if he hadn't at least sort of gotten used to it by now.]

Trying to talk me into letting you crawl into bed with me like a lovesick puppy.

[He sighs and picks himself up off the floor, his ears burning as he heads off into the main house.

which...is actually a lot brighter than it has been lately. The power was back on?]

Hey, I think we can put the heaters away finally...