[A little tilt of his head, acknowledging his alleged energeticness. He's definitely not lacking enthusiasm, that's true!]

That's fundamentally the issue, yes. I am tragically without yolk.

[Fun and funky metaphors, yet again--he's starting to see the appeal. He even laughs lightly, like, if there really was a good enough reason, he'd be all for it? Sure! Foreshadow away!]

The rub is whether or not someone tells us the reason, if you ask me. I'm hopelessly addicted to answers to burning questions.