[The blush is rapid and aggressive but Billy still smiles, awkward and kind of hesitant. He doesn't hear that often from people outside of, say, Loki, who says that sort of thing more with a dismissive quality (they're friends but Loki likes to pretend he's above that sort of thing) and from Teddy, who, naturally, is required by boyfriend law to think that sort of thing.]

Thanks. I don't know if I believe it but it's nice to hear just the same.

[And then a pause, because-

That sounds very slightly absurd, but who is Billy to judge other people's worlds? His own world contains Deadpool, for crying out loud.]

Why is this king buried in Virginia?

[That's just a question, not Billy disbelieving, because god knows Billy has not a leg to stand on with the "weird stuff that happens" front.]

Oh, I'm not-

My boyfriend, he's not a magician? Or my brother? Or most of my friends. So really. I don't judge.

[Wow, Billy, awkward.]