Horatio nodded enthusiastically, his face lighting up with excitement. "Thanks, Boss! Thank you so much! I love meat, and I want to eat lots and lots of it!"

Abel could not stand another second of it. The veins on his forehead were throbbing as he snapped, "Horatio, get a grip already! What did you just call him? Huh? Say it again?"

Horatio tilted his head with a completely innocent expression. "I called him 'Boss'. What's wrong with that? He just beat the crap out of me, and it really hurt.