You know I haven't been a novice for a couple decades now. Or have you forgotten how to count?

[ Dutiful as ever, though, he sets up the board. He owes his life to Raphael, literally and figuratively. He would basically do anything for him if he asked.

But that's not going to stop him from the quip or the sarcasm. It's just the natural order of things. ]

And besides, you always have an ulterior motive.