[ to answer, badou rolls said lollipop around in his mouth, letting the hard candy shell rattle noisily against his teeth.

to elaborate, he says, ] Obviously, these dresses ain't for me. [ obviously. ] I like 'em brighter, more colorful, y'know? I figure it ain't all that polite of me to stink 'em up with my smoke. 'Specially since Ness prefers hers different.

[ he's reaching the end of his thread, though, so he has to set his work aside so he can reach long-limbed over heine to dig around in a tin cookie box for the spool again. ]

Back home, if the funds weren't fundin', I'd switch to candy to keep my mouth busy.