[That's how ya get 'em. Fuck, other Mav must really have issues...not that he can blame him. He'd been the same way. It sure does make interacting with his friends awkward as fuck when they cease functioning for this long, though.]

Eh. [Maverick shrugs, and the weasel scurries back up his arm to nuzzle at his jaw reassuringly.] Wasn't always. If we're gonna fucking be real, meeting you fucking helped get my head on straight. Besides, now I can do cool tricks and I'm hot forever! Fuck those bitches that say "you'll regret all those tattoos when you're older," I'm gonna laugh at your funerals.

[There's some forced positivity there, but in general? ...Yeah, he seems awkwardly okay with being okay.]