[ the sound of nails on chalkboard stabs at his eardrums and pierces his brain--

oh it's just Vector ]

[ he scowls ]

Hardly. I know exactly where I am.

[ no, he doesn't, but Vector would sure as hell be the last person he'd admit that to

(he's half tempted to push him off that perch)

(half tempted really meaning he definitely would if he could) ]