At least it won't be for too long. [probably. he still has like the vaguest grasp of what eschalogy does but it's probably fine.] just means you have something to look forward to when it's done.

[he has managed to balance the plates enough he can break off a piece of dessert with his fingers to eat it. mistletoe looms ominously in the distance.]

I wouldn't compare anything to what Dick and I are doing. It's a whole mess and even I don't understand all of it to be honest.