Yep, his omega definitely had something on his mind. He recognized the verbal dancing around as something he himself did, or at least had used to do, when he was caught out and trying to come up with an excuse to explain why he was somewhere he wasn't supposed to be. A lot of words, a lot of facts both parties knew, but very little actual new data being presented. Really the most telling bit of data wasn't verbal, but visual, as his code brother's cheeks reddened, the human equivalent of an awkward circuit flicker. What had him so flustered?

Unfortunately, he had only a moment to ponder that question before the metaphorical ball was passed to him. Glitch, now he would have to come up with something. Well, at least one thing he could answer with confidence. "Yeah," he said. "I mean it's had its ups and downs, especially at first, but overall it's been pretty great. I've really been enjoying it. Living and working here with you, putting this place together, and learning all about our new situation here." A bit of emphasis and a slight smirk on 'all', bringing to mind how much of that learning had happened... in private.

"But even the challenging parts have been enjoyable in their own way. Mostly because we were able to work through them together." Was that a good segue? It sounded like a good segue. Now if only he had something equally good to segue into.

He took another sip of his cocoa to buy himself a little more time. "We're a lot more effective together than on our own. I think we've both known that for awhile now." Glitch no, that sounded way too formal. The same sort of dancing around his code brother had been doing. He needed to stop doing that. He took a deep breath, then let it out. "I guess what I'm saying is... what would you think about making it more permanent? In like, an official way?"

That was... way more awkward than he'd been hoping for. But hopefully it was fairly clear, at least.