He chewed on that for a moment, pressing his lips together before looking over at Raylan.

"I've never had anyone tell me straight up they were ignoring the 'stay away from Bright's bed while he's in it' ground rules," Malcolm said. A beat. "Not... that there's been a very large data pool for comparison," he admitted, "but that makes me sound like a loser." He took a bite of soup, then pointed his spoon towards Raylan. "Okay. We'll try it your way."