[Give Gabriel just a moment to contemplate if that remark is an insult to his height or just a general commentary on munchkin fashion, decide he doesn't care, and then to affect an expression that's something approaching scandalized. How dare she suggest either of those things. How offensive. He is terribly offended.

It's maybe not her best work, but more than good enough for him to appreciate.]

What, you don't think a little whimsy is called for here in spooky eternal darkness land?

[A brief pause.]

Also socks are pretty cheap.

[And being so new, and so currently sort-of human, he is both unfortunately low on money and forced to actually engage in the economy if he wants something. Can you imagine? So uncool.]