[he'll shrug off the thanks, mostly because he's really not looking for it.

(and also because he just sucks at receiving it.)]

They used to be less of a pain, but things are kind of sloppy around here lately. Feels like it's been a while since these things had their circuits right.

[or whatever. he's pretty sure that's a valid way of explaining it, but he's pretty bad at this technology business, so what does he know?]