[He allows it-- he's getting more tolerant of Akira's mindless affection. It's not like he has a choice, really, but... Maybe, just maybe, he likes it a little, too.]

The concept of bathing and changing into clothes I haven't been wearing for going on four days is probably the most exciting thing I've had to look forward to in recent memory. [A beat, and he frowns, nodding.] I suppose they don't allow cats in the bath. [Not that he wants to explain the marks on either of them.]