"Well that's not very fair of them!" says Kevin, cheerfully, chidingly. "Maybe I think it's foolish to sit around all day photosynthesising, when they could be working hard to become valued, valuable members of society -- as chairs, wardrobes, and company-branded letterhead stationery."

He realises he's gone off on a tangent, and stops himself, and adds sweetly: "But that's none of my business."

It's difficult to describe how saccharine his voice is when he says that, but the narration will try. Here goes:

Very, very, very, very.

Itachi's questions go temporarily unanswered, because by god, there's got to be a limit on how much talking Kevin is allowed to do in a single tag.