[Knowing Ford he'll be bugging Fiddleford about this until he does it, now. Once he gets it into his head he knows the solution to a problem he gets real stubborn about it. In that way they've always been well-matched.

Well, fine. If he's asking for it then he can damn well deal with the consequences of giving Fiddleford McGucket full permission to speak his mind.]

Alright. Fine. But don't you go cryin' to me after about how I'm not bein' fair. Probably best to have this all out now anyway. If you're goin' to keep hangin' around me then we're goin' to have to establish how things are goin' to be.