"Oh, so they stopped doing bomb squad training just before I joined the academy then." He can't help but grin. "Got it."

It feels good to banter with someone. That's--not something he's been able to do much recently. First, he was stuck in El Paso and exhausting himself working three jobs. Then, at the academy, he mostly kept his head down, working himself to the bone to get through and provide for Christopher. This? Getting to relax in a no-longer-tense environment and finding a friend? Feels like it might be close to what he was working towards.

"How about we just say we were both badasses and Hen and Chim missed one hell of a call?"