He's my best friend, actually... [So, you know. It just also means he knows how much Ren likes to screw with people, and that it has previously included throwing random and not necessarily cookable objects into cooking pots on the stove.] It's just fun to mess around with serious people no matter who they happen to be, right?

[After that, though, he places a hand to his chest in a somewhat delicate and dramatic motion.] But I'm hurt at the implication that I'm not a person of impeccable character regardless of that.