[As is, it's a little too weird a compliment for him to get puffed up about, but he has to grin a tiny bit anyway.] Well, don't tell it to me. I'm not the one who builds them. [He just breaks them.

All the same, this one's lasted for a while. Since she mentions it, he looks down at it pensively and flexes his foot up and down a couple of times.]

Still haven't figured out what happened with it the day I wound up here, to be honest. It's bizarre. [He's pretty clearly talking to himself there, if his expression didn't make that obvious.]