"Hey, maybe we can settle one matter at a time. First, how about we just go deliver these presents. I mean, as far as I know, Santa wasn't the 'only gift' I got when I was a kid. It was an add on that you wake up to the next morning. But... that aside, how about we settle the matter of us delivering gifts while you deliberate on whether or not you sit on your hands or act on your own."

This was getting well over MarKus head, and he'd been quiet far too long for him not to open his mouth and not say something between motivational and stupid. "I know this is serious, but I'm not going to pretend I I understand the full scope of things. I just wanna give these gifts because I made some of them and that's what I wanna do. No subterfuge or shenanigans. Just holiday hype."