Longshot eyed his wife. He knew she was trying to use his tactics against him. So... he turned his ankle a bit so she tickled an itchy spot. Ahhhh! That made it feel better.

"I didn't manage to set up a tube before the pond froze. Nobody can talk to them." He sighed a little. Though if he got the tube set up, Sadie would probably have ended up barking down it. Poor fishie eardrums.