Olivia paused, contemplating.
Actually, she's been meaning to ask this question since the moment Oliver did this. The only reason why Oliver did such a thing was because...
"Because you're a moron?" Olivia guessed.
"See!" Oliver exclaimed. "You're calling me a moron!"
"I called you a moron just now, not before." She pointed out. "But kidding aside, I don't know the answer, Oliver. Why ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ you do it?"
"I have numerous reasons why I did that," Oliver admitted. "I already told you some of them."
"So others would pick on me?"
Oliver frowned but didn't deny it.
"I want to boost your standing in Huxley," He insisted. "With me, you're already seen as ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ here."
"Somebody to pick on, gotcha," Olivia nodded, doing the 'thumbs up' gesture.ย
He made a frown of stunned incomprehension. "Was your first day ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต bad?"