Honestly, Derek belatedly considered, he absolutely should have expected it, or at least acknowledged the threat. Unused as he is to it, however, he simply hadn't thought. And - yeah, alright. He walked right into that one. Contrite as it is, his amusement seems more genuine this time, more natural on a usually sullen face.

"I don't think I have that much going for me these days. Free time tends to be in short supply."