Tucker's approach is hard to miss, and North can't help smiling to himself at the Christmas morning glee he brings into the room with him. Knowing every last one of them has an inexplicable, basically-magic superpower just makes that kind of delight charming, and for his own part, rifles have just been part of his job for so long that it's easy to forget the entire Cool Factor some folks surround them with.

"Don't worry, I'll make it hard when I know you're ready for it." He's seated easily on the ground, just taking his rifle out of his case and loading it. He doesn't look up as he works, and his voice is even enough to pull off the conceit that, no, he's definitely not crafting deliberate double entendres. "But if I make it hard any sooner we're both just going to get frustrated."