Priestly would point out that he already knew that. He'd picked the guy for a surrogate father before he'd ever even left for Fandom, after all, though he'd never put it into that many words to himself.

Trucker took Tish's hand. "Promise me something?" he asked.

"Yeah," she said.

"No more shitheads. Date a nice guy."

Tish looked right at Priestly at that. "Problem is, nice guys never ask me out."

Priestly's eyes went ever so slightly wide at that.

"Well," Trucker said, looking Tish in the eye. "Maybe ask the wizard for some courage."