[Of course it was. Now more than ever. After everything has changed, after the world's been turned upside down, when the woman he loved (loves?) most has ripped his and Ekkehardt's life to tiny little pieces, something in his life needs to remain the same.

And maybe if he jokes enough it'll become a little less real, a little less painful. Something normal, background noise in this strange, new existence.]

And what about you? Coming out of your silence after all these years to call me stupid?

[There's clear, genuine amusement there. Honestly, he couldn't think of anything more fitting.]

You're just as uptight as I am hilarious.