[reaches out to place his hand on a green cube]

Then use me as a base.

We might not have been the closest of pals before this whole adventure started, but. . . [and he shrugs] I dunno. This might seem weird, but after rudely tromping through a number of your issues, I feel a li'l bit closer to you than I was before.

[sheepish smile]

So. . . let's be friends after this. Better friends than we were before.